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Actor Nelsan Ellis has died at age 39. He was best known for playing the flamboyant short order cook, Lafayette, in the TV series, True Blood.

Nearly 25,000 people turned out for this year's Congressional Baseball Game. It was a rare moment of harmony between Republicans and Democrats one day after a gunman shot Rep. Steve Scalise and four others at a practice for the game.

Pro-life groups say the decision by the Heritage Academy, a private Christian school in Maryland, could mean other pregnant girls may choose abortion over public humiliation.

Modi visits Washington, D.C., for meetings with President Trump. India enjoyed a strategic partnership with previous U.S. administrations, but where the new administration stands is less clear.

A new film starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara is provocative — if you've got the patience.

Martin McGuinness never tried to hide that he had been a commander of the Irish Republican Army — classified as a terrorist organization by the British, Irish and U.S. governments.

The man-made lake, which provides water to Arizona, California, Nevada and Mexico, is now only about 37 percent full.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Gregory Fenves, the president of the University of Texas at Austin, the school at the center of Thursday's Supreme Court ruling about affirmative action.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500. Even though it remains the most famous auto race in the world, it's sold out this year for the first time in decades.

Justice Department officials are demanding proof that cities receiving millions in law enforcement grants are complying with federal immigration law.