Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

The mayor of the Uruapan municipality, in the western state of Michoacan, was gunned down Saturday night in front of dozens ...

President Trump's administration faces deadlines on Monday to tell two federal judges whether it will continue to fund SNAP, ...

Many voters told NPR they like that California's redistricting measure provides the Democratic-leaning state a rare opportunity to directly counteract President Trump and other Republicans.

President Trump and several others now high up in his second administration have been talking about using the National Guard to help with mass deportations -- and possibly invoking the Insurrection ...

Police said two people who were wounded remain in a life-threatening condition after the attack on Saturday. Passengers ...

President Trump met with President Xi on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit last week. APEC's host ...

Virginia voters will elect a new governor Tuesday, as Democratic lawmakers in the state also prepare to redraw the state's congressional map to counter Republican redistricting efforts.

Former N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a long list of accomplishments, many of them progressive. In the race for New York City mayor, that experience hasn't given him the boost he wanted.

Along Lebanon's border, Israel has continued demolitions and attacks despite a ceasefire in the country's war with Hezbollah last year.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Cindy Long, a former administrator of the USDA's SNAP program, what recent court rulings mean for the millions of Americans waiting for funds to buy groceries.

In 2008, when banning same-sex marriage in California was put on the ballot, Kate Elsley's commute changed. Seeing signs supporting the ban became a reminder of what she might not be able to do.