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After a botched lethal injection in May, dozens of Tennessee medical professionals told the governor that healthcare professionals shouldn't help with executions, no matter the method.
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Five years after the U.S.'s withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban remains firmly in power. Here's how the Taliban doing in terms of foreign policy.
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British police said they had made a seventh arrest in a murky plot that may have targeted a U.K. airbase.
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Nonprofits fighting HIV used get direct funding from the CDC. Now that money is going to state health departments that may have other priorities.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with marine ecologist Jeff Seminoff about the first known natural sea turtle nesting on California's shores.
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Cubans in the U.S. are growing frustrated with President Trump's immigration policies, which has resulted in their detention and the dismissal of protections that have benefitted Cubans specifically.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks to White House correspondent April Ryan about her new memoir, Notes on a Blacklash: When a Black Woman Goes Viral.
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Dartmouth College religion professor Randall Balmer about Jim Bakker's legacy.
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This year's flu season is unusual. It started early and in the West, instead of the South. A new variant with a mutation that helps the virus evade immunity may be playing a role.
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With four weeks to go until Election Day, the map for competitive House and Senate races is coming into focus as Democrats try to capitalize on any advantage.
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The last time the U.S. military held an execution was in 1961, by hanging. The last military execution by firing squad was in 1945, when an American soldier was shot for desertion in World War II.
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