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A bipartisan group of senators have dubbed themselves the "Common Sense Caucus" and are taking credit for ending the brief government shutdown. But in a polarized Capitol, how much influence will these centrist lawmakers have on their leaders?

New allegations are being reported against music mogul Russell Simmons in a lawsuit alleging a rape in 2016. The suit was filed by a filmmaker who says Simmons offered to help her finance her film.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, who's a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, about his proposal on immigration and how it differs with President Trump's.

The acclaimed actor has been dogged by two sexual harassment lawsuits filed against him by two separate women in 2010. The Academy says it appreciates his decision not to attend the ceremonies.

It caused $125 billion in damage, according to a new report from the National Hurricane Center, and broke U.S. rainfall records. At least 68 people died as a result of the storm.

The court said that Hungarian officials should not have administered psychological tests to try to determine the sexual orientation of a Nigerian man seeking refugee status.

The Trump administration says it is willing to offer a path to citizenship for up to 1.8 million people who are in the country illegally.

Norwegian pianist and composer Jon Balke's latest album takes listeners back to a time when the Muslims, Jews and Christians of Al-Andalus lived side by side in art and culture.

Scientists have discovered a part of a fossilized human skull that's around 180,000 years old. It is now the oldest human fossil outside Africa.

Workers in New Orleans were cleaning out storm drains to help the city's drainage system and they found something unique to the city: 93,000 pounds of Mardi Gras beads clogging up the drains.