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The city's police are buying riot gear and bringing in officers from other cities to prepare for a political convention that could draw protesters from across the political spectrum.

President Obama is urging the FCC to expand Internet access, despite cable and phone company objections. But Republicans presented their own set of rules at a subcommittee hearing Wednesday.

The Justice Department is poised to declare that former police officer Darren Wilson should not face civil rights charges over the death of Michael Brown, sources tell NPR.

President Obama is preparing to take executive action on immigration. But some people are calling it an executive order. Turns out, there's a big difference between the two terms.

That's in light of the recent decision to lift restrictions on women in all combat positions. The two military leaders made the remarks at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

A flood in India's fourth-largest city has claimed at least 280 people so far. During a brief lull in weeks of heavy rains, the Indian government boosts its rescue missions to help stranded residents.

The university released a report into the magazine's story about a young woman who said she was gang-raped during a fraternity party at the University of Virginia.

Kamala Harris has joined other parties in suing Southern California Gas Co. for allegedly violating state laws in causing a Los Angeles methane leak that she called a public health and statewide environmental emergency.

Before it does damage, an earthquake sends out a "P wave" that scientists use to find location and size. The U.S. quake warning system under development on the West Coast is built around the P wave.

Federal agents acted on hundreds of warrants Wednesday, in an operation that included at least 25 states.