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Tony Award winner Phyllis Newman died Sunday at age 86. She won the award for her role in 1962's Subways Are For Sleeping. She also appeared on TV, as an actress and quiz show panelist.

The preliminary results show yet another near deadlock between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and its main centrist rival.

A new study found investors were significantly more likely to bet a company's stock price was going to increase if the company had more women on staff compared with other companies.

Kansas City Chiefs fans basked in the glory of their first Super Bowl win in half a century with a parade and victory rally.

A week ago Iranians crowded the streets of Tehran mourning the loss of a military leader targeted in a U.S. drone strike. Over the weekend, crowds were lashing out against their government.

The 62-year-old man was cited last week for disguising a dummy skeleton wearing a bucket hat as a passenger so he could drive in the carpool lane.

In a bluntly worded letter to the Justice Department on Thursday, Democratic senators accuse the administration of deliberately eroding the independence of U.S. immigration courts.

For our series One-Hit Wonders/Second-Best Songs, NPR Music Senior Director Lauren Onkey recommends "Out of Left Field" by Percy Sledge. He's known mostly for his 1966 hit, "When a Man Loves a Woman."

Welch, dubbed "manager of the century" in 1999 by Fortune magazine, grew GE into an industrial powerhouse. During his reign, the company's market value skyrocketed to $410 billion from $12 billion.

Chris Matthews is stepping down as anchor of MSNBC's politics talk show Hardball. He resigned and retired abruptly Monday night following mounting criticism over embarrassing on-air moments.