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Rich lobbyists, lawyers and contractors will no longer be able to pay someone to hold a place in line to get a much-in-demand seat at a Supreme Court argument or a congressional hearing.

The state's highest court had ordered its removal this summer. But the argument over the monument's propriety had been simmering for years.

A political scientist identified optimally persuasive terms that make people more inclined to support the health care act. He says the tool could someday make it easier to sharpen political messages.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Christy O'Donnell, a former LAPD detective who became an advocate for the right-to-die law after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.

As Miami pushes a rezoning plan to encourage redevelopment, residents are worried gentrification will change Little Havana's historic character and push longtime residents out of the neighborhood.

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Mark Follman, national affairs editor for Mother Jones, about his cover story on the FBI's efforts to stop mass shootings before they happen.

U.S. prosecutors say John Ashe accepted more than $1 million in bribes in exchange for support of investment contracts.

Arthur McDonald of Canada and Takaaki Kajita of Japan were awarded Nobel Prize in Physics Tuesday for discovering that subatomic particles called neutrinos can switch from one kind to another. NPR has more about the win and how it could change physics in a big way.

Turkey claims Russian military planes violated its airspace as regional tension increases over the Russian operations in Syria.

As Russia marks Vladimir Putin's birthday, the president's popularity among Russians is a high as ever. Even so, people on the streets of Moscow have mixed reactions to Putin's actions in Syria.