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NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with British Ambassador to the U.S. Kim Darroch ahead of President Trump's visit to the United Kingdom.

President Joe Biden said a strike carried out by the U.S. has killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, a top Al-Qaida leader and key plotter in the 9/11 attacks.

This year's U.S. Open tennis tournament saw four Americans in the semifinals. What's more, three of them are African-American. Katrina Adams, president of the U.S. Tennis Association, talks with NPR's Michel Martin about the progress made in tennis.

The Trump administration says penalties will snap back into place overnight against several sectors of the Iranian economy, embarking on a multistep return to U.S. policy before the 2015 nuclear deal.

The high court declined a request by the state to lift a stay that would have allowed the first execution in nearly a dozen years to proceed. Don Davis was set to die Monday night by lethal injection.

A former U.S. Olympic gymnastics team doctor pleaded guilty today to child sexual abuse. Larry Nassar admitted to abusing young girls under the guise of medical treatment. It was a surreal, emotional moment – especially for survivors who say they reported the abuse years ago.

Climate change is increasing the frequency of rainstorms in many parts of the U.S., and those storms bring more rain. Many communities don't have the drainage systems needed to handle all the water.

The weather service said "life-threatening cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills will create a potentially life-threatening hazard for travelers that become stranded" or people who work outside.

After a reportedly American-made bomb killed dozens of children in Yemen, we’ll take a hard look at U.S. interests, actions and responsibilities in Yemen.

In just a few days hundreds of employees from the Department of Job and Family Services will move into the re-conditioned Lazarus building at Town and…