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The nation's for-profit colleges and universities received more than $1 billion in benefits from the Post-Sept. 11 GI Bill in the last year alone. But some say the for-profit schools aren't policed well enough — which creates an opening for abuses — and their dropout rates are too high.

The 1.3 million member union is in every battleground state. Former President Donald Trump has also met with the organization and made his pitch. But don't expect an endorsement any time soon.

Congress is asking hard questions of the Secret Service in order to get to the bottom of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump last weekend.

Many of Helene’s effects are individual and heartbreaking, such as the deaths of children, grandparents and others. But the storm's impact is also so outsized that it’s clearly visible from space.

The death toll in a fire that engulfed an apartment block in the Spanish city of Valencia rose Friday to nine. One person remained missing, according to forensic police.

Amtrak is on its way to carrying more passengers this fiscal year than ever before. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Reuters reporter David Shepardson about why that is.

Staff Sgt. Gordon Black was sentenced to nearly four years in prison on charges of theft and threatening to murder.

Heavy rain, strong winds and some tornadoes are in the forecast for the Northeast this week, as parts of the Midwest grapple with flash floods. Meanwhile, the heat wave arrives in the South.

In what she calls "Books Not Bans," Becka Robbins sends titles to groups that want them in the face of a movement by conservative advocacy groups and lawmakers to ban them from schools and libraries.

The Justice Department says about half of all international criminal organizations have links to extremist groups, such as Hezbollah, the Taliban and FARC rebels in Colombia. But diffuse priorities are hindering U.S. efforts to combat this growing problem of transnational, organized crime.