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Engineering students in Connecticut are working on designs that could make everyday life easier for people with autism and their families.

A man stabbed people celebrating Hanukkah at the home of a rabbi in Rockland County, a New York City suburb, on Saturday night. The incident comes amid a surge of anti-Semitic violence in the region.

Extremism monitors say 2019 was the year the country started taking serious measures to address a growing far-right threat.

Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport is challenging a 2014 state law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital in case of an emergency.

The Gullah Geechee language is spoken by descendants of enslaved Africans who were brought to the coastal South. Now, the language is being taught at Harvard University.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo about a stabbing attack at a Hanukkah party in Monsey, N.Y., that left five injured.

Wang Yi is one of China's most prominent independent Christian leaders. Authorities arrested him a year ago in a relentless suppression of religious practice in China.

Organizers hope potential residents are more comfortable coming to a facility that attends to their specific cultural needs.

Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners Sunday in a deal negotiated by the countries' presidents. It is a tentative step toward resolving the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

Brazil's president is about to mark a year in office. In his inaugural speech, he promised to build a "society without discrimination or division." Critics say he's done the exact opposite.