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In an interview with NPR, Obama answers critics among people of color who say that, despite their overwhelming support at the ballot box, he hasn't delivered enough results for their communities.

Where does the decision fit in the court's long history of actions on abortion rights and restrictions? And what effect might the case involving a Texas law have on other states?

Talese had told The Washington Post he wouldn't promote his new nonfiction book, The Voyeur's Motel, after the paper found flaws in its story. But now he says the book will go ahead as planned.

Today's generation of schoolchildren looks much different than one just a few decades ago.

A video of a Lithuanian goat beauty contest is going viral. But ... what makes a goat beautiful?

Foreigners and locals were killed among the dozens held in a café by armed gunmen, before police moved in to end the 10-hour standoff. Police killed six gunmen in the siege on Saturday morning.

Every week seems to bring unwelcome news in the run-up to the Olympics. This week, dismembered body parts washed up on a Rio beach. But how bad are things, really?

The state this week became the 31st in the nation to expand Medicaid to the working poor. It's also the first state in the Deep South to embrace the Obamacare program.

The U.K. gives billions of pounds to the developing world. Will this continue in the wake of Brexit?

After last week's acquittal of another police officer charged in Freddie Gray's death, many say they will press even harder for systemic police reforms. NPR looks at the many obstacles to police accountability and efforts to address them.