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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton are touting a decrease in almost all categories of crime in the city in 2014. The praise for the New York Police Department comes amid tensions between city hall and the NYPD's rank and file. It comes a day after hundreds of officers again turned their backs on the mayor at the funeral for one of their own.

Canadian elections are just days away. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the CBC's Rick Mercer about who is running, what are the issues and does anyone in America care?

A brief and incomplete study of men's hats in American history — and what they reveal.

The old U.S. Embassy in Havana has a storied past. The Cubans long described it as a nest of spies. Today the building again becomes an embassy as the U.S. and Cuba formally restore relations.

A year ago, a Malaysian jetliner was shot down over Eastern Ukraine, killing everyone on board. NPR's Scott Simon and Michael Bociurkiw of the OSCE discuss the investigation.

Moroder has the honor, and the misfortune, of being on the front lines of two musical eras that eventually fell out of fashion. Now, he's back with Déjà Vu, his first new album in 30 years.

The Obama administration might soon make millions of workers newly eligible for overtime, but experts disagree over how the new rules should look.

Lawmakers have been looking at how training and reporting is handled on Capitol Hill. The move is in response to a recent wave of sexual harassment scandals and allegations.

Many parents of students with disabilities don't know that if they use a voucher to leave public school, they're often leaving federal protections, too. A new GAO report says someone should tell them.

The measure pushes the next threat of a shutdown to the Friday before Christmas, setting up a possible showdown over immigration and defense spending as Congress is trying to leave for the holidays.