Nigeria has a booming film industry, but critics of Nollywood (ph) say its biggest productions often emphasize a glitzy version of Nigerian life. Now an emerging film festival in the city of Lagos, ...

North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row, among the top 5 largest death rows in the U.S. Gov. Roy Cooper's office said ...

Former opposition groups — some of whom are U.S.-trained — will be knitted together into new Syrian security forces organized ...

The bill, House Bill 5164, would eliminate an existing requirement to publish name changes with a local newspaper. It would ...

The couple married in 2014, but separated two years later. A lengthy legal battle ensued over custody of their children and ...

GloRilla, Latto and Doechii all delivered landmark rap albums. Not just because they had the best bars, but because each trusted themself enough to make an artistic and commercial leap.

The northern lights could be visible Tuesday night and Wednesday night over the Northern Hemisphere due to a geomagnetic ...

More than 1.3 million people were plunged into darkness early Tuesday. Failure of an underground power line is believed to be ...

Four weeks after a puzzling outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization has ...

Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect. Those ...

NPR's health reporters followed the emerging science on what keeps our brains and our minds healthy. Here are highlights of ...

It's almost the new year, which means states across the country will enact thousands of new laws from new tax structures to ...