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The actress and U.N. Goodwill Ambassador persuaded Malala Yousafzai to embrace a term she previously wasn't sure about.

The justices said Friday they would hear a challenge brought by faith-based groups that contend the government's exemptions on birth control do not go far enough to accommodate them.

Birth control and the Affordable Care Act are back on the Supreme Court's docket, in what could be called a sequel to the Hobby Lobby ruling.

The policy also bars children in same-sex households from being blessed or baptized until they turn 18 and meet certain conditions.

Russia has become the latest country to suspend tourist flights to Egypt's Sinai peninsula, after the crash of a Russian jet in the area on Saturday.

George Barris, who created the Batmobile through his work customizing cars, has died.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Jon Meacham about his biography of George H.W. Bush, which includes the elder Bush's criticism of his son's administration when it came to the second war in Iraq.

The New England Patriots have recently been very lucky. NPR's Kelly McEvers and Robert Siegel explain the probability of the football team winning the last 19 out of 25 coin tosses.

President Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline provoked cheers from environmental groups and a little bit of head scratching in the state of Texas.

African-American voters turned out in record numbers for Barack Obama's historic campaign in 2008 and again in 2012. As the top Democratic presidential candidates meet at a forum in South Carolina Friday night, NPR explores what is on the minds of black voters now.