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Another MS-13 gang member could face the death penalty for the murder of two teenage girls on Long Island.Federal prosecutors announced this summer they…

A judge in New York has denied the National Rifle Association’s request to throw out a state lawsuit that seeks to put the gun rights group out of…

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy says he doesn’t think it’s necessary for U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty to immediately resign from Congress.Esty…

New Britain, Connecticut, Mayor Erin Stewart announced on Facebook on Monday that she will seek the Republican nomination for governor.“I’m committed to…

British Prime Minister Tony Blair faces pressure from junior members of his government to follow their lead and resign. Blair says he won't seek election again, but has set no date to leave office.

It's hard to imagine summer without a visit to an amusement park... and a heart-stopping rollercoaster ride. Every year, the coasters seem scarier. In Orlando, Disney seeks to raise a coaster's scream quotient while keeping it deceptively slow.

Fomenting and glorifying terrorism are among the "unacceptable behaviors" that could lead to deportation according to new rules unveiled by Britain's Home Office. Robert Siegel talks with John Prideaux of The Economist magazine.

A few weeks after Pfc. Jesse Givens was killed in Iraq, his family received a farewell letter from him -- and the son he would never know was born. One year later, Givens' widow seeks to help her young sons remember their father.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports that American Edmond Pope flew out of Moscow today, pardoned by Russian president Vladimir Putin and freed from a 20-year prison sentence for espionage. He was taken to a U.S. military hospital in Germany, where he will be examined for any signs of the cancer he once suffered. His wife says he is in poor health after eight months in prison. Russian prosecutors charged Pope with trying to buy the blueprints for a Russian torpedo. Pope insisted he was a legitimate businessman, seeking technology that was advertised abroad.

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark formally announces he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination. Supporters hope Clark's military record and strong criticism of the Iraq war effort will be the ticket to topple President Bush next year. But the first-time candidate starts the race well behind the nine other Democrats in organization and money. Hear NPR's Greg Allen.