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The city's murder rate has dropped dramatically over the first three months of the year. The police superintendent says it's not a victory but it is progress. After a year in which murders in the country's third largest city topped more than 500, the homicide rate has declined to a level not seen since 1959.

Despite Senate passage, some of the state's top Republicans, including the governor, have indicated they oppose curbing mail-in voting.

The top sturgeon biologist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and several others have been charged with crimes related to an illegal sturgeon caviar bartering ring.

Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, the former president said his successor had "the most disastrous first month of any president in modern history."

The U.S. State Department announced that it is bringing some U.S. diplomats home from Afghanistan to prepare for a U.S. troop withdrawal.

The top-ranked speedskater slipped in a 500m qualifying race and almost missed the Beijing Olympics. But her friend and teammate Brittany Bowe gave Jackson her spot.

Massachusetts' coastal communities were particularly hard hit, while Boston saw a record amount of snowfall in one day. We examine long-term concerns over flooding, erosion and climate change.

Drought is likely to cut wheat harvests by one-third in Kansas. Declines in the country's top wheat producing state are likely to mean higher prices for flour, bread and pasta.

Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire says his top priority is securing the 2020 election — above Chinese espionage and cybersecurity. What are he and the government doing about it?

NPR speaks with Sydney Freedberg, chief reporter at ICIJ, about the key takeaways from her investigation into the chaotic, aggressive tactics used by Uber as it made a bid for global domination.