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A federal appeals panel said mailed ballots arriving on time but in envelopes without dates handwritten by Pennsylvania voters shouldn't be counted. Civil rights groups are now appealing the ruling.

The bridge was built mere yards from where Francis Scott Key watched the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814, inspiring him to write the song that would become the U.S. national anthem.

As presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. gets ready to announce his running mate Tuesday, Republicans and Democrats are concerned the independent candidate could be a spoiler.

The United Nation says a famine is imminent in Gaza. NPR's Ailsa Chang checks in with Alex de Waal, leading scholar on famines, about the situation in the strip.

A report out this week says hunger, malnutrition and even starvation are widespread in Gaza, but stopped short of declaring it a 'famine.' Here's a primer on what that means, and who gets to decide.

Reporter Jake Adelstein's memoir about covering the organized crime beat in Japan is the basis of the Max series Tokyo Vice, now in its second season. Originally broadcast Nov. 9, 2009.

A local domestic violence nonprofit says calls for help have gone up over the last fiscal year.

Marijuana has been legalized in some states, but ProPublica's Sebastian Rotella says there's still a thriving illicit market, dominated by criminals connected to China's authoritarian government.

Arizona is holding its presidential primary on Tuesday. The swing state with a big independent voter population will be closely watched this November.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification issued a new report that concluded that the entire population in the Gaza Strip, more than 2 million, face serious food insecurity as war continues.