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Brady Singer recently joined the Kansas City Royals and received a $4.25 million signing bonus. He wrote his parents a holiday letter and told them he would be paying off all their debts.

A gunman killed 11 worshippers at a synagogue because it supports a Jewish aid group that resettles refugees in the U.S. But volunteers refuse to be deterred. "That is who we are," says one.

Delta flight attendant Pierce Vaughn was scheduled to work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Her father wanted to spend the holiday with her, so he booked himself on six of her flights.

President Trump is back in the U.S. after a brief trip to Iraq to visit U.S. troops. The stop comes as Trump faces intense scrutiny for his decision to pull back on troop deployments elsewhere.

The Avangard weapon system is built around a hypersonic glide vehicle that takes an elusive path toward its target — even as it reportedly travels at more than 20 times the speed of sound.

2018 saw a string of more precise — and dire — assessments that a warming climate is affecting the weather. That didn't keep President Trump and others from questioning those scientific conclusions.

A substantial share of Americans are feeling hopeful about the new year, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll. And some of us, especially young people, plan to make resolutions.

After three hurricanes, a big snow storm and an ice storm, residents and staff of a retirement community in Charleston are starting to view evacuations as the reality of growing old on the coast.

Federal government employees are still being paid for work they did before the shutdown, but the checks will soon end. Among those affected are many who struggle to make ends meet even in good times.

Five years after filing for bankruptcy protection, Detroit has achieved a financial feat few experts predicted. But some worry the growth is leaving long-time Detroit residents behind.