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A Russian court convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on charges of espionage Friday, sentencing him to 16 years in a Russian prison colony in a trial the U.S. denounced as a sham.

Peter Marshall, the actor and singer turned game show host who played straight man to the stars for 16 years on “The Hollywood Squares,” has died. He was 98.

If American women were their own country, they would rank third in the 2024 Olympic medal count. Women brought home 67 of Team USA’s 126 medals, though one remains in contention.

The planned spacewalk — a first for a private mission — will rely on simply opening the spacecraft’s hatch.

Former Vice President Joe Biden is moving closer towards a 2020 presidential run. On Tuesday, he addressed a major union group that's poised to support a possible Biden campaign.

Some 25,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports may strike just after midnight on October 1 if their union doesn't reach a contract deal with shipping companies and port operators.

The Iranian airstrikes come in the wake of stepped-up Israeli military operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah, a group backed by Iran for decades. Israel says it shot down most of the Iranian missiles.

Major League Baseball heads into the playoffs and the NFL gets two reminders of football's dangers. NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the latest sports news.

Missouri executed Marcellus Williams yesterday, a man prosecutors believed was innocent. And, why FAFSA’s launch was so disastrous.

The presidential candidates are hitting as many key states as they can while the vice presidential candidates prepare for a debate Tuesday.