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Election Day is finally here, and NPR has everything you need to know about poll closing times.

There is cause for optimism — and for despair. One statistic is so distressing that the Red Cross calls it "a hideous milestone for the 21st century."

Unscathed by pandemic-era school closures, the nation's 9-year-olds showed progress in math and reading. It's a different story for 13-year-olds, however.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, with every channel you turn. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” the 1966 cartoon classic, tops my...

Watch Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff moderate the PBS NewsHour Democratic Debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders starting at 9pm.…

Could Sinclair Broadcast Group's $3.9 billion purchase of the Tribune Media Co. help the Maryland-based media giant launch a competitor to Fox News?

Economists had expected between 170,000 and 176,000 new jobs last month. The unemployment rate rose slightly, to 5 percent from 4.9 percent.

Police in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., say Venus Williams was at fault in a June 9 car crash that led to the death of the passenger in another vehicle. Jerome Barson, 78, died two weeks later.

China's economy, the second-largest in the world, grew by 6.9 percent in 2017. It's the first time since 2010 that the speed of China's economic growth went up rather than edging down.

Anthony DeCurtis talks about his new biography of Lou Reed "deserved." Critic David Edelstein says Lady Birdis "packed with insight." Souza reflects on eight years (and 1.9 million photos) of Obama.