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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are breaking from their demand for more than $2 trillion in coronavirus relief spending to move toward a compromise.

"Conducting the championship in one geographic region allows for more planning and execution of safeguards," an NCAA official said on Monday. The NCAA hopes all 64 teams will play in San Antonio.

The breakthrough suggests that water, vital to life on Earth, could be distributed across more parts of the lunar surface than the ice that has previously been found in cold and dark places.

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey asked Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Barrett about what she has read to educate herself on the issue of racism in the justice system.

Senate Judiciary Committee members have asked Judge Amy Coney Barrett the usual questions posed to Supreme Court nominees, but they've also asked some that they haven't asked her male counterparts.

The Republican senator from Utah announced he would "follow the Constitution and precedent" in considering the president's nominee.

For many of us, the end of 2020 can't come fast enough. It's been a rough year. We asked listeners to share with us what got them through this year.

The Vatican is hosting a conference this week on promoting child safety online. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Joshua McElwee of the National Catholic Reporter.

Jewish communities in the New York City area are on alert after a stabbing attack inside a rabbi's home left five people wounded. New York's governor called the attack an act of "domestic terrorism."

President Salva Kiir swore in his rival, rebel leader Riek Machar, as vice president on Saturday. The landmark deal could spell an end to years of violence, but it's not their first attempt.