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Myanmar is drawing ire from the international community for detaining two Reuters journalists for allegedly violating a colonial-era law called the Official Secrets Act.

The government will shutdown late Friday if Congress fails to pass a spending bill. Rachel Martin talks to GOP Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado about where things stand. And NPR's Tamara Keith weighs in.

How did David Sedaris and his Santaland Diaries become a Morning Edition holiday staple? It all started in 1992, when Ira Glass — then a radio producer — heard him at a reading.

Just because a city is efficient at moving traffic around doesn't mean it's "traffic resilient." Scientists examined 40 cities and ranked them in terms of how they handle disruptions.

As California battles raging wildfires, "containment" is a term used often by firefighters and in media coverage. But how does it work?

After nearly 40 years of heated debate, Congress voted on Wednesday to open the Alaska refuge to oil drilling. Now, it's a wait to see who will actually drill and when.

This past weekend, Russo's Market in Watertown, Mass., was about to treat its customers to some live classical music. One of the employees offered to do a sound check and revealed his operatic talent.

Even as regulations weaken, for-profit colleges struggle to stay afloat.

"The fire engulfed an eight-story building and trapped dozens inside," NPR's Elise Hu reports from Seoul. "At least 15 of the dead were trapped in a second floor sauna."

The campaign, Stop2018, has four simple requests it wants to see enacted in the coming year in order to make the country's music industry more equitable for women.