The Mega Millions prize has now grown to an estimated $1.15 billion, which could be the fifth-largest jackpot in the game's ...

Some residents of Strafford, Vt., are trying to preserve their general store by buying it and hiring an operator with a promise to keep it local.

Crime has been dropping, nationally -- but car jackings remain higher than before the pandemic. A new study analyzes the data on this crime, which may have finally peaked in 2024.

It wasn't until this week that Congress passed a law making the bald eagle the official U.S. bird. And one man spearheaded the effort to get this done.

Community leaders in Stubenville, Ohio, celebrate the holidays by decorating main street with hundreds of giant nutcrackers. The Christmas attraction is helping to bring the downtown back to life.

NPR's A Martinez and Steve Inskeep answer holiday trivia questions from "Southern Living Magazine" senior editor Betsy Cribb Watson.

Some U.S. cities are seeing a bump in marriage licenses. Same-sex couples and couples with mixed immigration status are among those heading to the alter before the start of the Trump administration.

Opponents of the death penalty had urged President Biden to take this step, given the number of executions that took place ...

The 78-year-old former president was discharged from a Washington hospital on Tuesday and will be home for Christmas after he ...

Short duration strikes are starting to become the norm. They mean a lot less financial pain for the workers, but they don't have same kind of leverage as an indefinite work stoppage.