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Buddhists and Hindus in Sri Lanka marked their New Year on Tuesday. As residents in the capital Colombo celebrated, a war thousands of miles away was making itself felt.

A man recalls the despair he felt when, as a college student, he tried to break into a building on campus and ended up in a detention cell. That's when he heard a voice that helped him find hope.

The world's oldest chicken, according to Guinness World Records, lives in Portland, Maine. Gertie is 15 years old, blind, and according to her caretaker Frank Turek, she loves jazz.

In Steven Soderbergh's new dark comedy, Ian McKellen plays a famous painter, and Michaela Coel is an art restorer hired to infiltrate his home by his greedy grown-up children.

Iran's foreign minister declared the Strait of Hormuz is open, following the start of an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire. President Trump swiftly responded that the U.S. naval blockade on Iran will continue.

A 10-day ceasefire to pause fighting between Israel and Hezb

An NPR analysis shows how immigrants' attempts to live or work legally in the U.S. are caught in a bureaucratic morass.

Migrants deported from the U.S. routinely disappear into El Salvador's prisons the moment they land or in the weeks that follow. Many remain incommunicado from family and lawyers for years.

In China, some EV owners have the option to swap out a low battery for a fully charged one, instead of waiting at a charging station. The whole process only takes about three minutes.

Some close watchers of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s budget aren’t thrilled with the Trump administration’s proposal — but they're hopeful some of the suggested cuts won’t make it in the final spending plans passed by Congress.