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Organizers secured the necessary 10,000 signatures to bring the question to voters as a ballot initiative in November. The proposal is loosely modeled on a program implemented in Flint, Mich.

Beyoncé's former music director and bassist has a new children's album and book project, which she hopes will instill positivity in young listeners.

As market jitters declined over protests in China set off by growing public anger over COVID-19 restrictions, Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday.

President Barack Obama is expected to sign the state children's health insurance program into law, bringing the program's total to 11 million children. It's the first element of the Obama plan to make health care available to more people who now lack access to the system.

Legal challenges to the development and use of generative AI are accumulating. Developers are confronting potential legal minefields involving privacy, cybersecurity and defamation.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Gregory Daco, chief economist at Ernst and Young and about Monday's market sell off and what that could mean for the global economy.

Advocates of Bitcoin, including President Nayib Bukele, say the policy that took effect Tuesday was historic. But the rollout was marred by technical glitches and some political opposition.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has announced a new multi-agency effort targeting international organizations that smuggle migrants into the U.S. and have been operating briskly lately.

Gloria Horner stands along Bayfront Drive in Sarasota, wearing a red "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" cap, a shirt that says "TRUMP 2020" and a handmade sign…

From Gov. Rick Scott to local lawmakers, elected officials love to brag that Florida is “the most veteran friendly state” in the nation.Many student…

HD makes it possible for viewers to see every last bead of sweat on the face of a baseball slugger, but it will also allow us to see every wrinkle on the ingénues face. A growing number of makeup artists and cinematographers are getting work by smudging out the pimples, pocks and wrinkles.

World leaders, climate experts and oil company executives converge on Dubai later this week to talk about climate change at the United Nations COP28 meeting. Here's what you need to know.

Pam Grier, the blaxploitation sex symbol from the 1970s, now plays a straight character in the Showtime lesbian drama The L Word. Grier talks Farai Chideya about the show, which is about to start its fourth season.

Almost four weeks after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary, the town of Uvalde, Texas has begun to quiet down, and its residents have been left with their grief and in search of a way forward.

New York City has a well known rat problem. And the city is trying to tackle it — with trash cans and by changing human behavior.

Betsy Thompson joined the Army in 1983 and worked as a dietitian. Her daughter is a West Point cadet and could see war up close. Their experiences show how much has changed for women in a generation.

People who weren't yet alive in the 1990s and early 2000s are buying up old-school point-and-shoot cameras. For some, it's a trendy retro vibe; for others, a rebellion against the smartphone era.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Francis Collins, the National Institutes of Health director, about the surge in coronavirus cases, the reopening of schools this fall and the race for a vaccine.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Dr. Sanjay Gupta about his book World War C.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Na'Kya McCann, host of the podcast "Embedded: Buffalo Extreme," about the racist attack in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 14, 2022.

Thousands of UnitedHealthcare's Medicare Advantage members spent Monday looking for new coverage in order to keep their doctors after BayCare Health…

Karr is acting principal French horn of the Florida Orchestra. His former student, WSMR Garth Family Intern Erik Ali-Mohamed, interviewed him for this feature.

The Biden administration has taken pains to avoid the word "bailout" in describing the effort to rescue Silicon Valley Bank depositors. Yet banking experts say it sure does look like a bailout.

Maria Caprigno was one of the youngest people in the U.S. to get the surgery. As parents and doctors grapple with the obesity treatment for teens, Caprigno cites the long-term benefits.

Richard Anderson, CEO of Delta Airlines, and Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, discuss the future of the aviation business. Delta and Virgin recently announced a transatlantic joint venture. As more mergers and partnerships develop, what's in it for the consumer?