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A Democrat had not been elected to the Senate from Alabama in a quarter century. It happened Tuesday night. Here's what it all means.

Executions of death row inmates occurred in only eight states in 2017 as public support for capital punishment wanes, according to an annual report by the Death Penalty Information Center.

William Peter Blatty was one of the many notable people who died in 2017. He was best known for writing The Exorcist and for adapting it for the screen. Horror aficionado Grady Hendrix gives us an appreciation of Blatty's work.

In Puerto Rico, residents are still struggling to get gasoline to keep generators operating and other resources while President Trump has continued to lash out against critics of his efforts.

NPR is launching a deep exploration of how Americans experience discrimination in daily life. One key result: The sense that their own group suffers discrimination crosses racial and identity lines.

Valerie Green is still waiting to be cured. The Delaware resident was diagnosed with hepatitis C more than two years ago, but she doesn’t qualify yet...

Mavyret, recently approved by the Food And Drug Administration, can cure hepatitis C in eight weeks, at a cost of $26,400. Though still expensive, that's well below the price of other options.

A new poll finds bipartisan support for tougher gun laws, but big partisan gaps on the intensity of that support — not to mention sizable gaps in knowledge about gun facts.

Wednesday was supposed to be the day House Republicans planned to release their tax legislation. But now it is being delayed until Thursday, which may mean there is trouble with the bill.

Those who live north of the border, but south of a string of Border Patrol checkpoints, say they feel trapped in what some call "the cage."