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The crinkly-faced canine became the most popular breed in the U.S. last year, according to the American Kennel Club, breaking the Labrador retriever's 31-year reign.

The state official and former congressman would enter the job with a historic public health crisis raging. In his current role, Becerra has fought Trump efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.

Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter are among companies in the tech and travel sectors which had a strong and swift reaction to President Donald Trump's executive orders on refugees and immigration.

President Bashar Assad's government has repeatedly blamed religious extremists for the uprising. Now, the most prominent Muslim cleric says it is the religious duty of Syrians to fight in support of the government.

In a couple of tweets, President Trump announced that he has fired Christopher Krebs, head of the agency in the Department of Homeland Security that oversees election security.

Republicans in Minnesota are hoping to snap a five-decade Democratic hold on Attorney General office by casting the race as almost exclusively about crime.

The 19-year-old will be sentenced to life without parole for the state charges. He faces an additional 27 charges at the federal level, one of which carries a possible death sentence.

The Atlanta Braves are again World Series champions. It's been a long wait for the team that last won it all back in 1995.They defeated the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 6 to take the series, 4-2.

"I hope to have proven that anything is possible with some determination, self-belief and positivity," said climber Nirmal Purja. The previous record-holder took more than seven years longer.

HBO's Game of Thrones emerged as the most-nominated series with 19 nods for the Primetime Emmy Awards, but new series such as FX's Fargo and HBO's True Detective scored, too.

Seven Democrats and two Republicans — all selected by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — make up the committee tasked with investigating the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

At two top-tier high schools in Palo Alto, Calif., the suicide rate is four times higher than the national average over the last 10 years. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Hanna Rosin, who's reported for The Atlantic, on what might be behind the trend and how the schools are responding.