People were forced to leave their pets behind during Hurricane Katrina, creating an unprecedented animal welfare crisis that ...

No neighborhood was hit worse in Katrina than New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward and it's been one of the slowest areas to rebound ...

After giving birth to her second child, NPR's LA Johnson struggled with scary thoughts that didn't seem to go away. She ...

Inside the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Monday, tensions over the potential for federal overreach broke into ...

U.S. Judge Royce Lamberth ordered Trump administration official Kari Lake to be deposed about her plans for Voice of America, ...

Trump signs executive orders focused on law and order in Washington, D.C., Trump moves to fire member of Federal Reserve's governing board, Kilmar Abrego Garcia taken into ICE custody again.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, was taken into ICE custody Monday after an ...

The Trump administration has called to stiffen penalties for minors accused of crimes in D.C. Does that lower youth crime? NPR's Michel Martin speaks with juvenile justice expert Vincent Schiraldi.

Pro athletes are increasingly speaking out about mental health challenges. In baseball, the San Francisco Giants have emerged ...

Unlike humans, plants and fungi can't sign contracts. Without courts to enforce binding agreements, a primary way to ensure ...

Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty Monday ...

President Trump says he's firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, after a Trump ally accused Cook of making false ...