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Now 150 years after the two halves of the first transcontinental railroad were united, the Chinese workers who did some of the most difficult work get their due.

An explosion rocked a political rally in Zimbabwe, where the country's president was speaking. The president was unharmed, but several people were seriously hurt. NPR's Ari Shapiro was at the rally.

Around 1200 people rallied Saturday in downtown Dayton against the Trump administration's controversial separation and detention of immigrant families...

ABC will add five new shows for fall -- two sitcoms, a drama and two unscripted shows, "Dancing with the Stars: Juniors" and an Alec Baldwin primetime...

The volcano on Hawaii's Big Island continues to threaten residents and to keep tourists away, even though the damage is isolated to a small area on the island's east side.

Growing up in Cleveland Heights, Orin Wolf acted in theater productions both at University School and Cain Park. Little did his high school friends and teachers know, he'd go on to win multiple Tony awards on Broadway as a producer. "For me as someone who always loved the theater, but didn't really love acting, once it clicked that producing was something I could do it just all made sense," Wolf said.

A controversial bill that bans abortion at the point a fetal heartbeat can be detected is on its way to Gov. John Kasich. Overnight, the Ohio House...

In an interview with NPR, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expanded on remarks by President Trump, who declared the U.S. had "won against ISIS" and would pull troops from Syria.

You studied the Industrial Revolution in school, but what do you know about the "de-industrial revolution?" As big industry disentegrates in the American rust belt, a very different uprising is taking place in cities like Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Reading, Pennsylvania. Lynn Nottage interviewed the residents of Reading for her 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Sweat," onstage now at Cleveland Play House.

NPR's Tiny Desk concert series has more than 500 million views online a decade after its debut. Starting today, anyone can submit his or her own music video for the annual Tiny Desk Contest. The winner will travel to NPR studios to record a Tiny Desk show.