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The law voted on by Israel's parliament legalizes almost 4,000 unauthorized homes on private Palestinian land in the West Bank. Critics say the move is a massive blow to any future peace deal.

Banff National Park is hailing the beasts' return as a "historic and cultural triumph." Local indigenous communities also have strong spiritual ties to the bison, and welcomed their reintroduction.

The National Weather Service says multiple tornadoes touched down in southern Louisiana on Tuesday, and severe weather moving east threatened other Southern states.

President Trump's order temporarily barring refugees and some visa holders from entering the U.S. is on pause. Now three judges are considering whether to put it back into effect.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Alan Greenblatt, who covers politics and policy for Governing magazine, about how state legislators around the country are passing laws to counter local ballot initiatives they don't agree with.

On Tuesday morning the president said — again — "The murder rate in our country is the highest it's been in 47 years, right?" Wrong. The rate is near historic lows, at less than half its peak.

A lawsuit filed Monday describes defendants waiting months in jail before meeting a lawyer, and some defendants who don't get a lawyer at all. Similar suits are underway in at least six other states.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Tuesday over whether the ban should remain on hold. Here are the points lawyers for the U.S. and Washington state governments tried to make.

Actor Richard Hatch — who starred in the original Battlestar Galactica film and TV series — died on Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to his manager Michael Kaliski.

Judith Permar, 56, was fishing bags out of the box when the ladder she was standing on gave way. She couldn't get her hand loose, authorities in Mount Carmel, Pa., said.