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The biggest day of the primary season began in the mid-to-late 1980s when Southern Democrats pushed their states to move up to try to stop whom they saw as liberal candidates who couldn't win.

They were filibustering an anti-terrorism bill. By Sunday, they had been talking more than 115 hours — a world record.

Windham was an award-winning journalist with the writing chops to tell even the most complex story in 40 seconds. But he was also a professional counselor who worked with adolescents.

Of the six Baltimore police officers charged, there's only been one trial, which ended in a hung jury. But prosecutors are doubling down on their aggressive strategy as the trials resume in May.

Bernie Sanders says one of his first acts as president would be to begin the process of breaking up big banks. But there's a problem: The president doesn't really have any direct authority to do so.

A replica of the Palmyra Arch of Triumph, a Syrian monument that was destroyed by the Islamic State, was erected in London's Trafalgar Square Tuesday. It's cut from marble and has been reconstructed using digital scanning techniques.

The National Institutes of Health shut down some clinical trials and two production facilities over concerns that safety rules haven't been followed, but it says no patients appear to have been hurt.

Rep. Slaughter, one of the longest-serving women in Congress, discusses the campaign issues and why she's stumping for Clinton.

Despite the switch from the magnetic stripe credit cards to chip cards last October, the new technology is still not widely adopted. Visa unveiled an upgrade to speed up checkouts but barriers remain.

The presidential candidates await results in the New York primaries. NPR has the latest on what we know so far about the results.