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The New York Philharmonic Orchestra will travel to North Korea on Monday after performing on Sunday in Beijing. Observers are watching and hoping — cautiously — that this is a sign that North Korea is more willing to open up to the outside world.

Intelligence officials told the Senate Homeland Security committee Monday that the U.S. is still at high risk of terrorist attacks. Some aspects of security have been improved, they say, but not enough to justify complacency.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin ahead of a congressional hearing on the planned merger between golf's major organizations, PGA Tour and LIV Golf.

Meta's new app Threads aims to be a friendlier alternative to Twitter by deemphasizing news and politics. But for many people, partisan brawls are a big part of Twitter's appeal.

In a startling upset, Hillary Clinton resurrects her bid for the White House with a win in New Hampshire's Democratic presidential primary. The victory caps a comeback from last week's third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.

Mississippi voters are preparing for a Tuesday primary that has taken on new significance as the race between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton remains tight. What do Democrats in Mississippi think about the prospects of a so-called "dream ticket" that would match the two?

The chairman of the Murray Energy Corp., Robert Murray, says his miners were not "retreat mining" when they became trapped in a central Utah mine. "Retreat mining" is when workers remove pillars of coal from a distance and then let the roof fall in.

Writers can be inspired by their surroundings — but Indonesian volcanoes? Researchers say Mary Shelley's Frankenstein may have been inspired by an icy, dark summer caused by Mount Tambora's eruption.

The Senate is expected to pass legislation that would expand the number of embryonic stem-cell lines eligible for federal research funding. The House passed similar legislation, but a presidential veto is expected.

Documents relating to the late-night hospital room standoff between the Justice Department and the White House over the domestic spying program suggest that Vice President Dick Cheney punished a DOJ official who stood in the way of the reauthorization of the controversial program.