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The three men convicted of plotting to bomb a Garden City apartment complex that housed Somali Muslims were sentenced Friday in federal court in Wichita.

From Texas Standard : Ever since two important cases struck down gun restrictions in Washington, D.C. and Chicago – rulings that essentially protected...

Federal government workers who have been on furlough or working without pay, are getting ready to return to normal status now that the partial government shutdown is over.

Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan tells NPR's Michel Martin that the MAGA (Make America Great Again) hat is not a fashion statement as much as a statement of identity.

The controversy involving a Catholic high school group from Kentucky has underlined racial and political divisions in the country. It's exposing those tensions within the Catholic church as well.

The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service says it is considering how the nation could implement a universal service program and whether it should be mandatory or optional.

From Texas Standard: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn was in Dallas Tuesday for a roundtable discussion on a new federal law targeting human traffickers and...

Steve Inskeep talks to Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlapp about two Senate votes on bills that would end the government shutdown. NPR's Domenico Montanaro weighs in on the issue.

Part thriller, part noir, and part tropical gothic, Morris Collins' debut novel follows a New York photographer on a dangerous and increasingly surreal journey through Central America.

As a child on a New York farm, Eben Bayer helped his dad shovel wood chips in the barn. That's where he noticed a stretchy web of fungus that became the basis of his biodegradable packing material.