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Almost 400,000 Marine Corps veterans and family members have filed claims against the government in one of the biggest toxic exposure cases in history.

Some European countries have moved to recognize Palestinian statehood in response to the war in Gaza, stirring a debate haunted by Europe’s own history of bloodshed.

Former prosecutor Lori Lightfoot also made history by becoming the city's first openly gay mayor. Lightfoot will succeed Rahm Emanuel who has served in that office since 2011.

A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes' necks at the Paris Games and Paralympics.

Kamala Harris will make history as the first woman of color on a major party presidential ticket after a selection process in which Joe Biden faced pressure to choose a Black woman.

Willie Mays, the "Say Hey Kid" who some consider the greatest player in baseball history, died Tuesday at the age of 93. Tributes are pouring in, including from Birmingham, Ala., where he grew up.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with professor William Howell about the guilty verdict in former President Trump's hush money case in New York and what it may mean for presidential powers going forward.

The hearings come after years of lobbying by island nations who fear they could simply disappear under rising sea waters,

A Black community on a historic bend of the Mississippi River is seeing small victories in its two-year struggle to block the construction of a massive grain terminal.

Two members of U.K. aristocratic families, Laura Trevelyan and David Lascelles, are apologizing for centuries-old injustices in the Caribbean, and asking others to join them in paying reparations.