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Shortly after takeoff, a Virgin Atlantic airliner radioed that it needed to return due to a laser beam that had affected one of its pilots.

State lawmakers may vote today on a measure that would block cities from setting local minimum wages.Last week, the Birmingham City Council voted to…

The cartels' business models are similar to those of big-box stores and franchises, says Tom Wainwright, former Mexico City bureau chief for The Economist. His new book is Narconomics.

The debut album by the I Don't Cares features two familiar voices — Paul Westerberg and the singer-songwriter Juliana Hatfield. Rock critic Ken Tucker says the songs on Wild Stab "will grab you."

The news was announced recently by health and government leaders in American Samoa, which has a population of about 54,000.

2015 marked the fiftieth anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” in the town of Selma, Alabama. Voter rights marchers, in 1965, were attacked by State Troopers…

A White House spokesman says President Obama is expected to announce his nomination once the Senate returns from its recess.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the late Justice Antonin Scalia were ideologically at the opposite ends of the Supreme Court bench. Despite their dissenting opinions, they were also great friends.

The Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia has the potential to upend the 2016 election. NPR takes a look at what signal the president might send with his choice to succeed Scalia, and how the public might react to Republican leaders vowing to not to confirm anyone.

Kodak is reviving its storied Super 8 camera as a digital-analog hybrid. NPR talks about what made the 8 mm film format such an appealing one, what its return might mean, and whether this relaunch can be successful for Kodak.