Author: NPR

Nearly a year after a New Year’s Day truck attack on Bourbon Street left 14 dead, New Orleans officials are still seeking permanent security solutions.

The CIA was behind a drone strike last week at a docking area believed to have been used by Venezuelan drug cartels. That’s according to two people familiar with details of the operation.

The Kennedy Center is ending the year with a new round of artists saying they are canceling scheduled performances after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the facility.

President Trump’s administration announced that it’s freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years.

The order is the latest in a complex legal battle over the fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a watchdog agency.

The Trump administration’s deep cuts in U.S. foreign health aid had a devastating impact. Yet there were achievements of note in spite of it all.

Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla, targeting a shipment of weapons from the United Arab Emirates for separatist forces. The UAE later said it would withdraw its forces from Yemen.

J.S. Park helps patients and their families cope with death every day as a hospital chaplain. He explains what to expect as a person is dying, and how to reckon with uncomfortable feelings about death.

Israel accused Doctors Without Borders, one of the largest health organizations operating in Gaza, of failing to clarify the roles of some staff that Israel accused of cooperation with militants.