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NPR's Audie Cornish interviews Demetrios Papademetriou, president of Migration Policy Institute Europe, for a breakdown of where the migrants are coming from and if they qualify as refugees.

With chiseled muscles and a natural flair for entertainment, Joanie Laurer exploded onto the scene of professional wrestling in the late 1990s. She was found dead in her apartment Wednesday.

The president told an energetic audience he "will not rest" until the city's water is safe to drink. A federal state of emergency has been declared as a result of lead leaching into Flint's water.

Democrats hope to regain the Senate this fall. But to do that, they'll need to win in states like Pennsylvania, where a raucous Democratic primary could weaken the party's chances.

The White House hasn't announced any such plans. But Obama will be in Japan next month and a visit would be a grand symbolic gesture in keeping with his emphasis on nuclear nonproliferation.

#LahuKaLagaan is the name of a new viral campaign. It means "the tax on blood." The goal is to get the government to end the tax on sanitary napkins.

Overall, U.S. life expectancy dipped in 2015 — the first drop since 1993. That's because the death rate went up between 2014 and 2015, driven by an increase in mortality among people younger than 65.

Vice President Mike Pence and Defense Secretary James Mattis talked at the Munich Security Conference this week. They reinforced the U.S. commitment to NATO and asked other countries to spend more.

A new report from a U.S. government watchdog paints a bleak picture of Afghanistan's security and corruption issues, as the U.S. considers sending more troops.

The 2012 election was the most expensive in history, but there remain some gaping holes in our knowledge about who paid for what. The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering a proposal to add more transparency in future elections, but it won't happen without a fight.