This week calls for some throwback thinking. If you can recall how Roman numerals work, you'll get at least one question correct.

Picture book author Mac Barnett has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. He discusses what the role means when engaging kids in reading can be a struggle.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Eugene Cho, president of Bread for the World, about how the tumult at the U.S. Agency for International Development is affecting efforts to fight global food insecurity.

Shortly after Kendrick Lamar took home five Grammy awards, he's getting his biggest single audience ever, as the featured artist of this year's Super Bowl halftime show.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets with President Trump Friday. He faces a challenge in overcoming Trump's long-held skepticism about the usefulness of alliances.

The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general called for them to lay down their guns and agree to mediation.

Frazier in his final words criticized Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for not returning him to serve out a previous life ...

The move came one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from girls' ...

In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were ...

Two letters from different groups of senators call for answers from the Trump administration about pauses in scientific ...

After Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved less than 300 essential personnel to continue in jobs past Friday, unions representing USAID workers sue the Trump administration over cuts to the agency.

Marko Elez had recently been given special access by a federal judge to highly sensitive payment systems in the Department of ...