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California's governor has placed a moratorium on executions, giving more than 700 people on death row a reprieve. It's part broader national trend where states are imposing the death penalty less.

Police got wind of a potential art heist from an Italian church, so they replaced the valuable painting with a copy.

The top men's college basketball teams on Thursday start their journey to the annual championship. The women begin Friday. Get ready for exciting stories to play out over the next few weeks.

As the Federal Aviation Administration comes under increasing criticism for its relationship with Boeing, Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Huerta, the last permanent FAA administrator.

For many cities and towns across the U.S. that have Old World European names, their pronunciation doesn't quite match with the namesake. Linguist Amelia Tseng helps explain why that might be the case.

Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., is investigating alleged violations of federal records laws. Jared Kushner's lawyer disputes some of Cummings' assertions about what he told the committee.

The latest reaction from Congress to Attorney General Bill Barr's letter summarizing the Mueller report.

Record flooding on the Missouri River is winding down, but the Midwestern flood season hasn't even started yet. Farmers, forecasters and others are bracing for the possibility of more flooding.

New York state has passed a second law to tax prescription opioids, after enforcement of a previous version of the measure was found unconstitutional....

Marijuana legalization has been left out of the state budget, but advocates say not all hope is lost. Mary Kruger is the executive director of Roc NORML...