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The Scripps National Spelling Bee ends with a record eight co-champions. The eight finalists out-spelled 557 other contestants ranging in age from 7 to 15 over the course of three days.

China is hoping for a balance between its desire for an economy based more on consumption while at the same time trying to rein in rapidly increasing household debt.

A new Pew poll finds that while there are still two major parties in America, there are stark divisions within each.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Anyone who is eligible for release will be tested for the coronavirus within seven days of their return to society, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says.

A Palestinian gunman opened fire at a bus near Jerusalem's Old City early Sunday, wounding eight Israelis in an attack that came a week after violence flared up between Israel and militants in Gaza.

NPR received thousands of entries to its Student Podcast Challenge. These standout podcasts reminded us what it's like to be in middle and high school.

The rampage happened at three separate locations in the county, and suspect Willie Corey Godbolt said that he intended to commit "suicide by cop." The state's governor called it a "senseless tragedy."

Arkansas was preparing to execute the inmates before one of its lethal-injection drugs expired. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. said one inmate's clemency bid requires the state to wait 30 days.

Cleveland City Council approved Mayor Frank Jackson’s $1.8 billion budget Monday afternoon, increasing operating spending slightly after the COVID-19 pandemic dented last year’s revenues. The city’s income tax revenue took a hit last year and the pandemic wiped out much of Cleveland’s revenue from taxes on hotel rooms and event admissions. Revenue in those areas is expected to recover this year, but still fall short of 2019 levels.