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Gunmen fatally shot the mayor of a town in Oaxaca state as he walked to city hall. It was the latest in a year of killings of public officials.

Congressional leaders go to the White House for a border security briefing. A U.S. citizen is in Russian custody on suspicion of spying. And, NASA's New Horizons probe makes history.

Protests raged throughout the India state of Kerala after two women entered the Sabarimala temple. Women of menstruating age were banned from the temple until last year.

The instruction many students get is not based on the overwhelming scientific evidence about how kids turn spoken sounds into letters and words on a page.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with David Cooper, senior economic analyst for the Economic Policy Institute, about minimum wage increases in 2019.

Jazmine Barnes was driving with her family early Sunday morning when they were fired upon by a man in a reddish pickup truck, according to police.

Scientists say Ultima Thule, a newly explored world out beyond Pluto, is a relic from our solar system's earliest days.

Six passengers were stricken on the Tampa-bound flight, prompting Cleveland airport officials to shut down and clean water fountains.

A 1970s-era status board at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station has been making a familiar clickety-clack sound for decades, but now, as it's set to be replaced, there's an effort to save it.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Republican political consultant Mike Murphy about what it might take to run a primary against President Trump.