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In a statement, the senator said his Parkinson's disease was progressing. "I will not be able to do the job over the long term in the manner the citizens of Georgia deserve," Isakson said.

The Senate majority leader's own members didn't want to go along with his first vision for the procedure in the impeachment trial. But the GOP did reject calls for more witnesses and evidence.

The blast was felt more than 30 miles away, knocking homes off their foundations and casting debris about half a mile. A criminal probe is underway, though it's not clear what caused the explosion.

The mood in Richmond is tense as thousands of gun-rights activists arrive for a rally that's also attracting extremist factions. The annual event is part of a tradition known as Lobby Day.

"We really wanted to communicate with her and play with her," says Jill McNeil, who lives across the street. "Since she couldn't learn our language, we thought we wanted to learn hers."

Scarlett Thomas' novel, set among wealthy girls at a British boarding school, is an audacious examination of disordered eating and social competition that turns dark when one of the girls drowns.

As a new round of fighting begins in Syria, NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Bilal Wahab of the Washington Institute about the history of the military alliance between the U.S. and the Kurds.

Martin Scorsese's new film about the man who claimed to have killed Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is a haunting story of loyalty, loss and power — with plenty of whackings.

The office that is supposed to protect whistleblowers inside the Department of Veterans Affairs has instead put them at risk according to the VA inspector general's investigation.

The first-ever Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index points to the creative rules that some nations use — and what happens when contact isn't policed.