People in Plains, Ga., are remembering former President Jimmy Carter who died on Sunday at the age of 100. Carter embraced ...

The Nobel Peace Prize winner devoted himself to improving the health of people around the world, promoting democracy and ...

Magnus Carlsen, the No. 1 ranked chess player, quit the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York on Friday after refusing ...

Magnus Carlsen, the No. 1 ranked chess player, quit the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York on Friday after refusing ...

Trump contended the trial court judge erred in several rulings — including decisions to allow the testimony of two women who ...

Eyewitness testimony from several prisoners held for years in Syria's most notorious prison tell NPR about systematic executions. They recall details of how mass murder was committed and covered up.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Margie Mason, investigative reporter at the AP, about the alleged exploitation and abuse of the prison labor force in Alabama.

A Supreme Court ruling eliminated the requirement of sheltering homeless people in some states. Advocates worry the ruling also motivates cities hostile to shelters to get rid of them altogether.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Stuart Eizenstat, a top domestic policy advisor in the Carter White House, about how former President Jimmy Carter put human rights at the center of foreign policy.

On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, Mark Metersky was a medical student at a New York City hospital. He was frustrated with one of his patients when he saw something that surprised him.

Michael Kramer and Kate Reading have become popular audiobook narrators, spending 62 hours at the microphone for one recent book.

Jimmy Carter's one-term presidency saw several foreign policy achievements, but was marked by economic struggles at home and the year-long Iranian hostage crisis.