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U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw's ruling expanded the number of families potentially eligible for relief under a class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy.

Barry is now predicted to become a Category 1 hurricane shortly before making landfall Saturday, with maximum winds of 75 mph.

"Congress can regulate sports gambling directly," the court wrote in a decision released Monday, "but if it elects not to do so, each state is free to act on its own."

'Chaos reigned so everyone was taking the opportunity to loot,' says a spokesman for a coalition of international NGOs in the Central African Republic. Nine compounds were hit over two weeks in May.

This year, 12 women veterans are nominees for the House. Many are highlighting not only their military service, but their experiences as mothers.

Angeline Murimirwa is lauded as one of the world's most influential women for her work with a charity that gives scholarships to poor girls in Africa. She herself was once one of those girls.

Prisoners have a constitutional right to health care, but inmates at Angola prison in Louisiana are suing for medical shortfalls that have allegedly caused "needless pain and suffering."

Sesame Workshop, the company behind Sesame Street, unveils a new initiative to reach kids in a digital and mobile age. NPR gets a sneak peek.

Appalachia, which stretches across 13 states, is rarely center stage during presidential campaigns. It is one of the most economically deprived regions of the country and deeply conservative.

The Zika Virus Challenge has posted researchers' projects and is asking for pledges. Should the reaction be skepticism — or enthusiasm?