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A few years ago, experts worried about a "new normal" of elevated violent crime in the U.S. Now the country is flirting with breaking its all-time low murder rate

The Perry County District Library is one of 16 in the nation chosen for a new initiative: the Smithsonian Associate Rural Library Program.

A slew of American companies are getting billions of dollars back in tariff refunds after a Supreme Court ruling. Many consumers, though, may never get anything back.

After President Trump and Congress cut certain Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood in last year's budget, some clinics have started offering aesthetic services, including Botox, to stay afloat.

Nearly a week after flash floods devastated parts of Nepal and Tibet, rescuers are still searching for people trapped in hydropower plants. But first they have to find the plants.

For nearly two minutes, one of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off a Miami runway repeatedly warned his counterpart they were going too fast, according to flight information.

The vast majority of Americans — 8 in 10 — say there should be age caps for members of Congress, as well as term limits, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.

The House has approved a bill to slash the time it takes for newly unionized workers to get a first contract. The measure allows for government intervention if a deal is not reached within 90 days.

A majority of Cleveland’s public school buildings are within two blocks of tobacco retailers, according to a new study from Stanford University. The study looked at the number and location of tobacco retailers across 30 U.S. cities to evaluate proximity to school buildings. It found about 77 percent of Cleveland schools were within 1,000 feet of tobacco retailers, above the national average of 63 percent.

According to a recent study, having a role model at school who looks like you can have large and long-lasting effects.