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Burger served as chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1969 until 1986. Linda Greenhouse, author of The Burger Court, says those years helped establish the court's conservative legal foundation.

Hillary Clinton campaigned in Atlantic City, N.J., Wednesday, trying to draw a negative image of Donald Trump's business career and move away from the controversy over her emails.

Loretta Lynch says she has accepted the recommendation of the FBI and career prosecutors and is closing the investigation without bringing any charges.

NPR's research team dug back through our archives for our coverage of Jan. 1, 1973, the day the United Kingdom joined the European Economic Community — what would later become the European Union.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with pro-Brexit campaigner Matthew McPherson in Newcastle upon Tyne in northeastern England about why he's optimistic about the future of the United Kingdom despite the political chaos and economic fallout from the vote to leave the European Union.

Police in a Minneapolis suburb are investigating the shooting of a motorist, apparently by an officer. The incident came to light through a Facebook Live video posted by the driver of the car.

Among Mormons, there is a group of women known as Mama Dragons, fierce protectors of their LGBT children. They were put to the test after the church hardened its stance against same-sex marriages.

The killing of Philando Castile, 32, in suburban St. Paul, Minn., is the second police shooting of an African-American man to gain national attention this week.

Leah Rodgers gave birth to a son at 1:18 a.m. MT in Denver last Thursday. An hour later in La Jolla, Calif., at 1:18 a.m. PT, Leah's twin sister, Sarah Mariuz, welcomed a daughter.

A study reveals the staggering number of women and children (usually girls) who take a long walk to get water for the family.