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The Norwegian Refugee Council and UN say global migration has reached highest levels ever. One reason has to do with the way wars have changed as combatants increasingly target civilians directly.

The Senate and White House worked through an agreement on a $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package early Wednesday morning. The agreement means Congress could be close to passing a deal.

Staff Sergeant Gordon Black is on trial in Russia. He was stationed in South Korea and was about to return to the U.S. when he decided without authorization to enter Russia to see his girlfriend.

One in three convicted women are held in jail rather than prison, compared to about 1 in 10 of all convicted people. But compared to prisons, jails tend to have fewer resources and support systems.

A vote in the House expected on Wednesday could end what is now the longest shutdown on record. Democrats are decrying the plan, saying it fails to address expiring health care subsidies.

When Amazon accidentally released copies of Margaret Atwood's sequel to The Handmaid's Tale on the same day the novel, The Testaments, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, critics protested.

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison.

The pianist, composer and arranger spent more than six decades turning El Gran Combo into one of the premier salsa institutions of Latin America and beyond.

A little-known division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has helped track down people connected to atrocities in Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia and El Salvador.

Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told NPR that election officials across the U.S. have made big improvements to bolster both physical and cyber security.