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San Francisco's Musée Mécanique has just unveiled its "Mills Bow-Front Violano Virtuoso," a century-old self-playing device which performs duets on piano and violin.

The Virgin Galactic Spaceship Two was undergoing a test flight when it crashed in the California Desert. The spaceship is designed to take tourists to space.

The incident early Saturday in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood was the latest of several mass shootings in California.

Under a ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals, local prosecutors in Michigan may soon be allowed to file felony charges against abortion providers. Multiple challenges are already underway.

The storied military academy will take down likenesses of Robert E. Lee as part of a Department of Defense directive to do away with installations that "commemorate or memorialize the Confederacy."

Homemade sodas are hot these days: Americans bought more than 1.2 million home carbonators last year. For the Fourth of July, we asked mixologist Gina Chersevani to help us tap into the trend with a soda float inspired by Independence Day.

House Speaker Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) and Rep. Derek Merrin (R-Monclova) are at odds over who is the leader of the Ohio House Republican caucus.

A conservative think tank leader says he's frustrated with Republican policies and exploring a run for governor to see if he could win over Ohio GOP primary voters.

With a new conservative Supreme Court justice likely to be seated, only 17 percent of poll respondents say they want the landmark abortion ruling overturned, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.

Two sources familiar with the search for a new director of the agency tell NPR that James B. Comey is in line to succeed outgoing chief Robert Mueller. Comey was the No. 2 official at the Justice Department in the George W. Bush administration.