Search results for

With winds of 160 mph, the October hurricane was the strongest on record to make landfall on the Florida Panhandle, where communities are still trying to recover. NOAA upgraded it from a Category 4.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have the right to seek their release in federal court. The 5-4 decision was a stinging rebuke to President Bush's anti-terrorism policies, and reaction from law experts and Bush allies was swift.

The correct answer is A — but under the redesigned entrance exam, there's no penalty for guessing, so no worries if you got it wrong. You can try your hand at a few sample questions from the new test.

Gas prices surged to a national record, not adjusted for inflation, surpassing the previous milestone hit around two months ago. It comes just ahead of the key summer driving season.

U.S. swimmers won only one gold on Thursday. But Katie Ledecky's silver medal in a relay race brought her career tally to thirteen Olympic medals, more than any other woman swimmer in history.

Folkenflik is NPR's media correspondent.

Nearly 1 in 4 Arizona voters in the upcoming elections is expected to be Latino, according to recent projections by NALEO. But many say they are often overlooked by political campaigns.

A statement says the observed "activities" recall those before an April 4 strike that killed civilians, including children. It warns the Assad government that it would "pay a heavy price."

U.S. employers added 200,000 jobs to payrolls in January, a big improvement from December. The Labor Department report, released Friday morning, showed unemployment unchanged at 4.1%. But there was one surprise: African-American unemployment shot up after hitting a record low in December.

In Hamilton County – and in large urban counties all over Ohio – Republicans and Democrats have been arguing about the practice of purging voter rolls...