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The world is spending more on the military since global figures became available in 1988. Together, the U.S. and China make up half of the world's military spending.

The year in music included so many outstanding songs and albums by women that it's easy to come up with an all-female top 10.

Affordable housing, expanding pre-K education and addressing corruption are top of the agenda as Hawaiʻi lawmakers return to the state Capitol. The state Legislature on Wednesday is scheduled to open a new session that will last through early May.

The Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol has left a lasting impact on everything from relationships between members of Congress to the political focus of lawmakers.

For low-income students who normally rely on their school cafeterias for a nutritious meal, summer brings a familiar question: What's for lunch?

As protests continue in Peru for almost two months, calls for the president to step down and to hold new elections are loudest among the indigenous and the poor in the southern part of the country.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, after union workers began a three-day strike.

The retired U.S. military policeman is in pursuit of a sniper in the latest installment of the suspense series. Child says its both fun and challenging to make these novels "the same but different."

The British comedy group's absurdist humor comes to New York with Spamalot, a splashy musical version of the classic cult film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Shattered by the rape and subsequent death of a student in Delhi in 2012, a graduate student in psychology wanted to know why they did it — and if they felt remorse.