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After protesters blockaded a Kiev courthouse, the head of Ukraine's tax authority is now in pre-trial detention in a $75 million embezzlement scheme. Activists are celebrating his arrest as the biggest victory against corruption in Ukrainian history.

Kander and his partner, Fred Ebb, wrote the songs for a number of musicals, including Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Cabaret. Kander spoke to Terry Gross in 1991 and 2015.

Regardless of how much snow they got the other day up in the Northeast, Spring will officially arrive (here in the Northern Hemisphere) on Monday the…

Before President Trump's second travel ban could take effect, two judges blocked it. The Justice Department has filed a notice of appeal in one of those cases, setting up another showdown.

Two very high profile hearings took place this week on Capitol Hill. The House Intelligence Committee is investigating Russian interference in the 2016…

University of Oklahoma President David Boren is hospitalized after undergoing heart surgery.OU issued a press release Monday saying Boren underwent bypass…

Gov. Mary Fallin says former Oklahoma Commerce Secretary Dave Lopez is returning to her cabinet as secretary of state.Fallin said Monday that she's…

Patrons can snooze on reclining beds for up to two hours as long as they buy an item from the menu. And guests get a free cup of coffee.

The unusual arc of Martin McGuinness's public life culminated in his 2012 meeting with Queen Elizabeth II; both of them called it an important moment for peace.

Some recent studies in synthetic biology, they say, raise new questions about the ethical limits of creating entities that might feel pain or resemble human embryos — or mimic humans in other ways.