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You know how writers are sometimes asked whom they would like to have over for a small dinner party? Well, historian, biographer and academic Walter…

New coronavirus cases are at their lowest level since October. Some health experts think the vaccination campaign deserves credit for tamping down the U.S. outbreak. But will the downturn last?

July 25 marks the first-ever U.N. World Drowning Prevention Day. It raises awareness for the hundreds of thousands of people who die from drowning each year.

The travel ban is being imposed due to "extraordinarily high COVID-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating" in India, the White House says.

No cause has been established for the sinking earlier this month of the KRI Nanggala with 53 people aboard, but officials have suggested that it may have been due to an undersea wave.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Nick Robinson, of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, about the dozens of anti-protest bills introduced by Republican lawmakers this year.

Restaurants, caterers and breweries can soon apply for funds from a new $28.6 billion grant as part of President Biden’s coronavirus relief package.Steven…

The lack of footage for a police shooting involving a white Derby, Connecticut, officer and a Black man is drawing attention to the cost of body…

New York has access to the largest budget in state history — $212 billion. But the state comptroller has cautioned lawmakers to preserve some cash for…

Suffolk County has established a public campaign finance board to oversee the distribution of public money to political campaigns.Suffolk County Executive…