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Frustrated with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, gun control advocates have been focusing on changing state laws in recent years. It's a model similar to what worked for marriage equality in America.

The U.S. House will vote Wednesday on a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Senate has already passed it, but President Obama has vowed to veto it.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Jonah Keri of Sports Illustrated about who was voted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

Robots may be in our future, but the future isn't quite here.

Outside groups were expected to propel candidates this year. But in the 2016 Republican primary, they are having little impact on who's up and who's down.

Scientists are convening to debate whether experiments that make some viruses more contagious in order to advance understanding of potential outbreaks are worth the risk of creating one.

With Ted Cruz and Donald Trump racing for first place in next month's primary, Bush and Rubio are vying for third, which would give them momentum going in to the New Hampshire primary.

David Greene talks to Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director for the French newspaper Le Monde, to commemorate one year since the Charlie Hebdo attacks. And in November, there was an ISIS-linked attack.

In Harney County, Oregon, Sheriff David Ward's patience is wearing thin. It's been several days since armed, anti-government militants took over a federal wildlife refuge.

With U.S. stock prices already seeing their worst three-day opening for a year since 2008, China's trading day lasted less than 30 minutes Thursday.