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"All this likeness of Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi, it's all make-believe," says the director of a civic organization in Yangon. "And now we know the real Aung San Suu Kyi."

Senators said they were assessing what to make of new accusations involving the Supreme Court nominee as the hours tick toward a high-stakes hearing on Thursday.

Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake provided the critical vote to move the nomination out of committee while proposing the limited investigation. The Senate held a procedural vote on the nomination Friday.

Throughout his life, McCain has been stubbornly individual, at times cantankerous and even exasperating to friend and foe alike, relishing his political persona as "The Maverick."

The convicted coal baron won't be the W.Va. GOP Senate nominee, losing to the state attorney general. An outsider won the GOP contest in Indiana, and Ohio Democrats chose Richard Cordray for governor.

The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term Monday. The issues on the docket range from whether threats on Facebook count as threats to whether prisoners should be allowed to wear short beards.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with political commentators, Suzy Khimm, senior editor of The New Republic, and Reihan Salam, executive editor of the National Review.

People love Uber, but they often complain the Uber app's built-in navigation doesn't give its drivers the best directions. The company says the app helps drivers and passengers travel efficiently.

High fees are eroding the retirement savings of millions of Americans, but employers who shop around can find better options for their 401(k) plans. A small Minnesota firm offers a dramatic example.

As a poor, sick village boy in Ghana, Shadrack Frimpong remembers "praying and saying if I can keep these legs, then I will use them and work to help other people." And that's exactly what he did.