Rep. Jennifer Wexton is being hailed as an inspiration after advocating for her bill on the House floor this week, even as ...

New research documents how many children lost a parent to an opioid or other overdose in the period from 2011 to 2021. Bereaved children face elevated risks to their physical and emotional health.

The Georgia Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments after former President Trump appealed a decision allowing Fulton County DA Fani Willis to stay on the criminal case involving him and others.

New medications like Wegovy are changing the way people lose weight and manage obesity, but many Medicaid beneficiaries can't get them.

In a recording, the group's leader declared: ""We will flog the women ... we will stone them to death in public [for crimes]." What does Islamic law say on the matter? And have stonings taken place?

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert about Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war in Gaza.

The adult film actress testified Tuesday in Donald Trump's criminal trial, with details about an alleged sexual encounter that prompted the ex-president's lawyers to ask for a mistrial. It was denied.

The Biden administration reportedly is considering opening up a pathway for some Palestinian to come from Gaza to the U.S. as refugees. But what would that look like in practice?

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to South Texas College of Law-Houston professor Derek Fincham about an ancient Greek bronze statue the J. Paul Getty Museum in California has been ordered to return to Italy.

As cease-fire negotiators talk, soldiers and militants keep fighting. Israeli warplanes pound Gaza's southernmost city Rafah, where some 1.4 million Palestinians have sought refuge.

TikTok is taking the Biden administration to court over the new law that would force a sale of the social media giant.

Scientists at U.C. Berkeley are using a network of C02 sensors to more accurately monitor emissions. It's a model that is being used in some cities, and could eventually become a national program.