The Orange Is the New Black actor grew up the daughter of Nigerian immigrants in a predominantly white Massachusetts suburb.

Oran Alexander Routh was arrested this week after authorities searched his Greensboro, North Carolina, home “in connection ...

New technology is making it easier to find the origins of trafficked wildlife so they can be released back to the habitat ...

North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson said Tuesday his campaign has hired a law firm to help ...

The candidates are each emphasizing the economy at a time when polls show that it is one of the most important issues for ...

Swimmers and surfers are urged to stay out the water in front of the villages of Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo, because there is ...

Park rangers are telling people who visit the beach there to admire them from a distance and to not touch them because dead ...

The Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastics and Recycling Innovation Act will create a single national plastic recycling ...

Arkansas unveiled a new statue of Johnny Cash in the U.S. Capitol. Cash, the first musician to be honored in the building, ...

As part of NPR’s "We, The Voters" series — we went to Nevada to talk to residents about their housing situation, the state’s affordable housing crisis and what factors are driving it.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Matt Duss, the executive vice president at the Center for International Policy, about Israel's strategy in the conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Criterion restores and redistributes classic films – such as “Citizen Kane” and “King Kong.” The company filled a closet with its collection of restored movies, and it's traveling to various cities.