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A judge struck down major provisions of three executive orders that would have made it easier to fire federal employees. NPR's Michel Martin speaks to David Borer, General Counsel at American Federation of Government Employees.

Single-use plastics like bags and straws are doing damage to the world's oceans and marine life. Ray Brown from Talkin' Birds tells NPR's Scott Simon that such plastics pose danger to birds as well.

This week marks a year since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled attacks in Myanmar. As refugees, they now live in huge camps in Bangladesh, with difficult conditions made worse by monsoon rains.

The success of movies like Crazy Rich Asians and Netflix's recent summer offerings may signal a resurgence of a sometimes beloved and sometimes bemoaned genre: the romantic comedy.

During the next two weeks, a new school year will begin for nearly 160,000 students throughout Delaware.A significant number of those students –…

A year ago, Myanmar soldiers launched what the U.S. and the U.N. say was a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims. "I would rather drink poison than go back to Myanmar," says a refugee.

A bill approved by the legislature would require a review of all marijuana-related crimes in the state between 1975 and 2016, when pot was legalized in California.

The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday approved on a party-line vote the nomination of Kathy Kraninger to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.

Only about half of University Charter School's 300-plus students are black. That's a rarity in Sumter County, Ala., which, like many school systems, has struggled to achieve integration.