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The independent Oversight Board on Wednesday is expected to say whether Facebook should uphold or reverse a ban on the former president put in place after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Racial justice protesters and many who stormed the U.S. Capitol are being charged with civil disorder, under the 1968 Civil Obedience Act. Some argue that the law is unconstitutional.

A small farming town which lies in the path of an expanding open-pit coal mine is hoping German climate policy will eliminate the use of dirty coal before their village is consumed by the pit.

Flooding in rural areas took out roads, cellphone towers and telephone lines, leaving families uncertain about whether their loved ones survived the unprecedented deluge.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with David Milliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, about the latest on attempts to resettle Afghan refugees.

Republican and Democrat lawmakers on Capitol Hill are calling for a halt to a deal that hands over operations at six U.S. ports to a company owned by Dubai. President Bush threatened to veto any legislation seeking to delay the $6.8 billion takeover. A look at why the transaction is so controversial.

The parents of a transgender child are fighting the Texas governor and attorney general, after child protective services began investigating the family for getting their child gender-affirming care.

The new Senate health bill released by Majority Leader Reid imposes tougher requirements on insurers to spend most premium revenues on medical care, instead of administrative costs, salaries and profits.

Popular DNA ancestry tests don't always find what people expect. That is because of how DNA rearranges itself when egg meets sperm — and the quirks of genetic databases.

NPR's Tiny Desk Fest takes place Oct. 28-31. Here's how to watch each of the four Tiny Desk concerts live.