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The Justice Department is backing a lawsuit that charges Harvard University discriminates against Asian-American applicants.

Customs and Border Protection is asking for designs and prototypes from contractors to build Trump's proposed wall. Some requirements: It has to be at least 18 feet tall and "physically imposing."

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson got an earful from other countries over U.S. climate policy. At a meeting of the Arctic Council, they pressured him not to pull out of the Paris climate agreement.

Congressmember John Katko’s previous career as a federal prosecutor appears to have worked its way into a piece of bi-partisan legislation aimed at…

Voters in Greenland go to the polls on Tuesday in a parliamentary election that is dominated with questions about the future of rare earth mining, and greater independence from Denmark.

Dozens of people are dead and dozens more are missing in Western Europe after heavy flooding swept away homes and cars and turned streams into raging rivers.

The mandate, effective Oct. 18, applies to all K-12 teachers and staff in the state. The news comes as states around the country grapple with rising cases and the return of in-person schooling.

The Department of Justice is launching a probe into the conditions of Georgia's state prison system, citing high levels of violence and gang activity.

The National Women's Soccer League fired Burke after officials launched an investigation into allegations of harassment and a toxic work culture.

For the past few years, Afghanistan has suffered from ongoing drought. So have the United States, central Asia and southern Europe. As NPR’s Richard Harris reports, new research now links these events -- and suggests global warming is at play.