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To many, the life and career of Motörhead frontmanLemmy Kilmister personified heavy metal. Now his fans want his name on one of four new elements on the periodic table.

A century before militants seized Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, two photographers visited Malheur Lake. Their hand-colored images persuaded Theodore Roosevelt to protect the area's wildlife.

Announcing the arrests of the two Palestinians who were born in Iraq, law enforcement officials say there was no sign of a plot to carry out an attack in the U.S.

Rachel Martin talks to NPR's Leila Fadel about the latest on the Russian airliner that went down in Egypt last weekend.

The station paused at 6:45 a.m. ET to remember reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward, who were killed during a live broadcast.

A same-sex couple was denied a license Thursday morning, even after a federal appeals court denied Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis' bid to refuse to issue marriage licenses for religious reasons.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and New England Patriots star Tom Brady were in court today to update a judge on settlement talks regarding the quarterback's four-game suspension.

On the 70th anniversary of Japan's World War II capitulation, Akihito offers an unprecedented apology for the death and destruction caused by Japanese forces.

More than 4 million Syrians have become homeless since civil war broke out in 2011. As of June, fewer than 1,000 had been admitted to the U.S.

American Sasha DiGiulian is posting vertigo-inducing updates to social media as she scales the north face of Mount Eiger, an infamous Swiss peak.