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Nearly two weeks after Election Day, a statewide recount showed that Republican Gov. Rick Scott continued to hold the lead in the Senate race against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson.

Ultimately, even a hand recount didn't shift the final margin of the race too much. Scott's win means Republicans have picked up two Senate seats even as the GOP lost substantial ground in the House.

Thieves entered the Netherlands' Kunsthal in 2012 and made off with seven paintings, allegedly later burned in an oven by the ringleader's mother. Now the story has taken another strange turn.

President Ronald Reagan's pivot away from a reporter's question about possibly pardoning those involved in the 1980s arms-sales affair is a key moment in the history of the event taking place Tuesday.

A highway runs right through the community of Acquetico, population about 120. The area's mayor decided to take action against motorists blazing by and was shocked at what he found.

The Chicago Police Department says two employees of Mercy Hospital & Medical Center were killed along with a police officer. "This tears at the soul of our city," said Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig about her story that found Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails last year to government officials using a personal email account.

Democrat Stacey Abrams isn't backing down from her fight against what she calls voter suppression tactics and election mismanagement after losing the Georgia governor's race.

A review of 2.5 million traffic stops in Nashville finds significant bias against black drivers. Those stops contributed to two fatal shootings by police in two years. City leaders weigh ending them.

The Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates in December. Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, tells Steve Inskeep it's not the right time to do so.