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A military probe has concluded that U.S. Marines in Iraq killed unarmed Iraqi civilians without provocation. The inquiry alleges that a group of Marines fired on men, women and children while looking for insurgents after an explosion of a roadside bomb killed one of their comrades. Madeleine Brand speaks with Los Angeles Times reporter Tony Perry about the investigation.

U.K. police name two of the four men suspected in last week's failed attacks on London's transit system. Forensic exams link an unexploded bomb found over the weekend in London to the bombs that killed more than 50 people on July 7. Officials say the man shot dead by police Friday had no link to any of the attacks.

The White House faces renewed criticism after The New York Times reports President Bush signed an order in 2002 that allowed domestic spying. The order authorized the National Security Agency to conduct surveillance on Americans in the United States without court order.

Members of the jury found Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. It's the first trial stemming from the events of that day.

Hotter, drier summers are forcing states not used to extreme heat to find new ways to protect some of their most vulnerable residents during heat waves.

Everyone knows that red means danger, but how did purple become a cautionary color? At an EPA conference in the late 1990s, attendees nearly came to blows over color coding on the Air Quality Index.

In recent elections, political analysts have said the GOP has better campaign tactics. But the Democratic upset Tuesday challenged that so-called conventional wisdom about the kind of strategies that win elections. Have Democrats outsmarted Karl Rove?

Florida voters kept the governorship in Republican hands and added two Democrats as members of Congress. But definitive results in a key Senate race are still on hold a day after midterms.

Advocates say Hungary is only allowing two asylum seekers in each day. They say that violates international law, and is causing panic among the thousands waiting to cross from Serbia.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Domingo Cruz Vivaldi, an administrator at the San Jorge Children's Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico as Hurricane Maria's trajectory is affecting the island.