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New York City plans to add streetcars to connect its isolated areas, but critics are wary. Streetcars in other cities have few riders, and Washington, D.C.'s streetcar opening was delayed for years.

British tea drinking is on the decline. U.K. leaders might have welcomed such news in the 1970s, when the length of the tea break became a major point of political contention.

CIA Director John Brennan sits down with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly for a wide-ranging interview at the agency's headquarters in Langley, Va.

Voters who aren't part of any political party make up the biggest chunk of the electorate in Arizona. But they don't have many rights and they're trying to change that through grassroots pressure.

In Harrison Township, bits of black material fell out of the sky, striking homes and cars. Investigators concluded the area had been bombed with high quantities of bird poop.

The gift is one of the largest ever from an individual donor to a university. It will support a new major scholarship program aimed at tackling the world's biggest problems.

The Indecisive Chicken combines the recipes and life stories of eight women from communities across India who now make their home in Dharavi, a teeming slum featured in Slumdog Millionaire.

As the French debate spelling changes to their language, linguist Geoff Nunberg suggests that Americans take a closer look at some of the quirks of English.

In a statement, Rep. Chris Collins of New York said the business tycoon has the "guts and the fortitude" for the Oval Office. Marco Rubio still leads the pack in congressional endorsements, though.

Donald Trump is now the most favored son of the Republican Party in a year when history favors the party's chances of winning the White House.