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Texas officials say that nearly 100,000 non-citizens may be on the state's voter rolls. Voting rights groups say the list is misleading and the motivations behind a roll purge are largely political.

Public health officials are struggling to contain a measles outbreak in the Pacific Northwest. The number of people infected has grown to 35 people with 11 more suspected cases.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says changes to the federal tax code led to a growing state deficit and is causing some high-income earners to leave the state. But...

There were some emotional moments when lawmakers and supporters of a school funding measure rallied at the Capitol Tuesday. They were there to advocate...

Record numbers of families are at the U.S.-Mexico border asking for asylum. The migrants have moved east from Tijuana, Mexico, and thousands are waiting south of El Paso, Texas, to cross the border.

Food banks are flush with meat, cheese and milk, with twice as much as they usually have, as farmer supply outstrips demand. Some charities are scheduling extra distributions to prevent waste.

At StoryCorps, Ellen Hughes tells Keith Miller, who also has a son with autism, how much it meant to her when he comforted her son Walker on a difficult visit to the ER last year.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about causes and repercussions of measles as outbreaks continue in New York City.

Dozens of people have been charged in a scam aimed at getting children of the rich and famous into elite colleges. The scam involved cheating on entrance exams and fake athletic credentials.

Laos is known as the "Land of a Million Elephants." But after decades of loss of habitat, there are fewer than 1,000 left. Now those remaining may be endangered by a Chinese-backed rail line.