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More than 10 people are reported dead at the Shiite mosque in the capital after an attacker detonated an explosive belt after Friday prayers.

Similar policies, which impact how unions collect fees, have already passed in Missouri and Kentucky this year.

House Republicans have dropped plans to gut the independent ethics office after criticism from watchdog groups and President-elect Donald Trump.

Jon McAchran proposed to his girlfriend Ashley while skating on an ice rink beneath the Eiffel Tower. An AP photographer was taking pictures of tourists and captured Jon giving her the ring.

At a writing conference in Boston, the legendary writer said women writers of his generation seldom took on tough subjects.

Here & Now's Robin Young discusses the verdict with David Boeri of Here & Now contributor WBUR.

Hundreds of people had gathered at Bunny Friend Playground for the filming of a music video, police say.

A pair of sea turtles found dazed and confused by red tide toxins in Sarasota County in February were returned to the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday after being nursed back to health

Alix Spiegel has worked on NPR's Science Desk for 10 years covering psychology and human behavior, and has reported on everything from what it's like to kill another person, to the psychology behind our use of function words like "and", "I", and "so." She began her career in 1995 as one of the founding producers of the public radio program This American Life. While there, Spiegel produced her first psychology story, which ultimately led to her focus on human behavior. It was a piece called 81 Words, and it examined the history behind the removal of homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

Arkansas has executed Ledell Lee, who was convicted of murdering a woman in 1993. The execution came shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the lethal injection.