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The popular pope has challenged U.S. political orthodoxy — on both sides of the aisle.

NPR's Marc Silver lost his mother-in-law in 2005. But she remains a presence at family meals this Jewish holiday season, through his dogged trial-and-error attempts to re-create her favorite treats.

Pope Francis touched down just before 4 p.m. ET. President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama met him on the tarmac.

The Hall of Fame catcher known as much for his quotable malapropisms as for his career alongside fellow Yankees legends Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle died Tuesday at home in New Jersey.

A memo obtained by the Los Angeles Times reveals a controversial plan to put half of the city's public school kids in charter schools. Renee Montagne talks with Times education reporter Howard Blume.

This autobiographical novel about a South Korean girl who moves from the countryside to the city in search of work and education blurs the line between fiction and reality.

The decision to keep the bird off the Endangered Species List is celebrated by those out West who worried it would cost them billions of dollars. But challenges to the decision are already emerging.

Speaking at a Westin hotel in Seattle, the Communist leader referred to the show House of Cards and recounted how he drank rum at a bar in Cuba out of his affection for Ernest Hemingway.

There are more Catholic Republicans than ever running for president, but not all have embraced Pope Francis' more liberal statements and theology.

One day after acknowledging that 11 million Volkswagen-made cars have software that dupes emissions tests, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn says he is resigning from his post.