Businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr became the head of Haiti's transitional presidential council tasked with restoring order as gangs underscored the challenges facing the Caribbean nation.

Thursday's move would compel colleges to report more data about the students they enroll and those who apply, including applicants' race and standardized test scores.

Using advanced DNA-analysis techniques researchers in New York City identified three more victims of the 9/11 terror attacks that occurred nearly 24 years ago.

The decision doesn’t change the status of wolves, but it forces the agency to revisit the question of whether they should be ...

At the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, Black artistry is on display. NPR critic Eric Deggans says it's ...

Under the new law, soon if you buy a gas stove in Colorado, it’s going to come with a warning label urging consumers to be ...

One of the brightest stars in the night sky seems to be orbited by a planet like Jupiter. The news is sure to cheer fans of ...

Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS ...

The ruling deems the government's termination of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities "unlawful" and allows ...

Americans get about 55% of our calories from tasty, cheap — and unhealthy — manufactured foods, the latest data from CDC says. For kids, the percentage is even higher.

Builders and policy wonks say high exposure to litigation has stymied affordable condo development. A new law is trying to ...

Trump is calling for a "new" census that excludes people in the U.S. without legal status. The 14th Amendment requires the ...