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A cease-fire seemed to be holding in southwestern Syria after more than nine hours. The U.S. and Russia brokered deal is the fifth attempt to quell the violence since early last year.

One blaze forced people to flee cabins in the Los Padres National Forest and briefly stranded some 90 children and 50 counselors near a lake.

Alexandra Fuller's new novel, Quiet Until the Thaw, follows the lives of two Oglala Sioux cousins who grow up to take very different paths.

For two decades the U.S. has imposed trade and financial sanctions on Sudan, saying it was responsible for carrying out a genocide. A move to lift sanctions was initiated by the Obama administration.

Donald Trump Jr. gave shifting explanations of a meeting last summer with a Kremlin-linked lawyer, also attended by Trump's then-campaign chairman, Paul J. Manafort, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

President Trump's eldest son admitted to meeting a Kremlin-linked lawyer after being offered information that could have been "helpful" to his father's campaign.

China "continues to walk on eggshells" when it comes to North Korea, says historian Jonathan Pollack. NPR's Rachel Martin asks Pollack about about North Korea's fraught relationship with its neighbor.

Women who develop diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy, or whose babies are born prematurely, often are unaware of their own increased risk of heart disease later. So are their doctors.

The bills under consideration in Congress would make big changes in health care coverage and costs for millions of people. Our searchable FAQ provides answers to key questions on where, how and why.

A Confederate flag came down at the South Carolina Statehouse weeks after the murders of nine people at a historically black church. Such symbols continue to generate controversy.