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People on the hurricane-devastated Bahamian island of Abaco are desperate for water, shelter and food. Supplies are beginning to arrive but the need is outstripping the supplies.

A seven-year delay in the investigation of a controversial shooting by a Border Patrol agent of a Mexican national is emblematic of a larger problem when federal officials investigate these cases.

The Labor Department says U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in August, fewer than private analysts had expected. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7%.

Three new collections by mid-career poets lay claim to stories of identity, suffering and hope, to a kind of collective subjectivity, to the inner life of a country in the throes of deep pain and uncertainty.

The CDC says people should consider whether to stop using e-cigarettes in the wake of hundreds of cases of severe respiratory illnesses, possibly linked to nicotine or cannabis. Most are young men.

Francisco Toledo, the expressionist artist from Oaxaca, died Thursday. Toledo is famous for his vivid paintings reflecting the colors and animals of Oaxaca.

The Trump administration unveiled a sweeping plan to dismantle large swaths of the Department of Education, shifting some of its key work to other agencies.

President Trump's political allies are trying to head off primary challengers by changing delegate rules and ending primaries around the country.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post, and David Brooks of The New York Times about Brexit, the Democratic Climate Town Hall, and President Trump's "Sharpie-gate."

The Trump administration is keeping a suspicious eye on China while helping the Bahamas recover from Hurricane Dorian.