Jamie Overstreet allegedly violated a protection order before Columbus police began pursuing him. Police alleged he had a gun before they shot him ...

Sérgio Mendes, a musician who emerged with Brazil’s bossa nova movement in the 1960s and became an ambassador for that country's music around the world, died Thursday in his adopted hometown of Los ...

The latest monthly report on the U.S. jobs market had been eagerly anticipated as a key gut check on the health of the economy. Unfortunately, it delivered a mixed picture that doesn't offer clear ...

Maykol Fares has spent years waiting to ride the carousel in Flushing Meadows Park. It’s not for lack of courage, he clarifies. He just wasn’t tall enough– but he’s over 42 inches now– an older, more ...

The Chinese government plans to mostly end its international adoption program — a devastating blow for hundreds of families from the U.S. and around the world who had been hoping to adopt from the ...

The impish demon known as Beetlejuice has been dead for centuries, but he’s enjoyed a pretty long life in popular culture. Tim Burton’s hit film spawned a trippy animated TV series, which I happily ...

AVIGNON, France — A woman who was allegedly drugged by her now ex-husband so that she could be raped by other men while she was unconscious testified Thursday that her world collapsed when police ...

In February, NPR published the story of Husam Abukhedeir, the Palestinian chief neurosurgeon at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. When war broke out after the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel, he spent ...

Republican Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit against the Columbus City Schools after warning earlier in the week it ...

A shark attack just days after her graduation from Yale last May left former Division I swimmer Ali Truwit with an amputated leg and a host of questions. “I’m a lifelong athlete — 10 days before the ...