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The reorganization being announced today will "provide a central hub for expert advice and legal guidance" and improve coordination among law enforcement, businesses and elected officials.

People always say they want change in elections, but who represents that change? A new poll sheds some light on who does — and who does not.

A key Senate committee defies President Bush on the question of how to try suspects in the war on terror. With four Republicans joining the Democrats, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved an alternative to the president's proposed rules.

English professor Natasha Trethewey has been named the 19th U.S. poet laureate. Poetry, she says, is something people can turn to for celebrating joys and mourning losses.

When you see a bunch of guys playing street basketball you might not just see a game. In his new book Black Gods of the Asphalt author Onaje Woodbine shows how it's also a spiritual experience.

Ginsburg became the first woman to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol.

Cricket is one of the world’s most popular sports, with about 2.5 billion fans. Several of the U.S. team’s starting players are from other countries, including India, Pakistan and New Zealand.

Harper Moyski, age 10, and Fletcher Merkel, age 8, were killed, and 18 children between the ages 6 and 15 were injured by a shooter. Middle schoolers acted heroically to protect others, a parent said.

The adventures of a precocious 6-year-old and his stuffed tiger debuted on November 18, 1985. NPR's Renee Montagne spoke with the comic strip's editor, Lee Salem, in 2005.

West Texas communities are hunkering dow n today as a snowstorm is expected to continue dropping several inches of snow in some areas. The National…