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Here's hoping that the holiday provides the rare oasis from a year full of rancor and racial strife in our politics.

Rashaan Salaam won the 1994 Heisman Trophy as college football's most outstanding player.

At least 39 people were killed in a shooting in Istanbul early New Year's Day. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to journalist Mustafa Akyol about the mood in Turkey following a year of terrorist attacks.

President Obama tries to rally congressional Democrats to save his namesake health care law, even as Republicans take the first step toward repeal.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Nationwide Mutual Chief Economist David Berson about what's behind the recent rise in home sales.

Donald Trump named New York Jets owner Woody Johnson to be ambassador to the U.K. It's a post traditionally reserved for big donors. Obama even named another NFL owner to a different ambassadorship.

Bolt left Rio with a perfect triple-triple, having won three golds in three consecutive Olympics. But his record unraveled after a re-analysis found his Beijing relay teammate used a banned substance.

Days after President Trump used an executive order to dramatically shift U.S. immigration policy, Fred Korematsu Day is attracting special attention.

Fred Korematsu fought the internment camps for Japanese-Americans during World War II. Today he would be 98. But Google's choice to make him the Doodle focus doesn't seem like a total coincidence.

The Trump Organization plans to open many hotels during this administration. And company's Mar-a-Lago club is doubling initiation fees. Ethicists say Trump is improperly profiting from his office.