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Peaceful demonstrations on Monday following the funeral of Freddie Gray were overshadowed by violence in the streets of Baltimore.

Broward schools worked overtime to prepare flood-damaged schools for students to return. But many residents are counting on FEMA and the local government as they try to recover from the devastating damage.

Here's what really went down when the FDA originally approved mifepristone in 2000.

With a new collection of essays, the 25 founders of March For Our Lives return the subject of the Parkland shooting and gun violence to national consciousness just in time for midterms elections.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jon Ralston, CEO of The Nevada Independent, about why he strongly supported the CNN's town hall with Trump — and then changed his mind minutes into the broadcast.

Communities on the Canadian border say that increasingly strict identification rules since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are threatening the cozy neighborliness of their way of life. Their concerns led them to persuade Congress to postpone and water down the passport rules for land-crossings.

Between the Iraq funding bill and the general uproar regarding the Department of Justice, the Bush administration has had a busy week. For an overview of this past week's politics, Liane Hansen speaks with Doyle McManus, Washington bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times.

Whether the National Guard stays in LA in response to protests over immigration is still tied up in the courts. But as the pace of ICE raids picks up, it isn't clear how much the military is needed.

As the war in Ukraine nears its fourth anniversary, officials from Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. will meet in Geneva Tuesday for another round of talks aimed at ending the war.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to author and scholar Dr. Eddie Glaude about the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at the age of 84.

The debate in the Senate Appropriations Committee was vigorous at times, with some supporters unsure if they would support the measure on the chamber floor. A House companion bill has not yet been considered.

The government is still in a partial shutdown, but the House Speaker predicts it will be over by Tuesday. In the meantime, lawmakers are still divided over Department of Homeland Security policy changes.

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson told NPR that President Trump's domestic policy bill — which narrowly passed the House — will not pass the Senate in its current form because it will "skyrocket" the deficit.

Tariff collections are up sharply in the last two months. Congressional forecasters say tariffs could help reduce the federal debt, but they'll also lead to higher inflation and slower economic growth.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo about assuming her new role as editor-in-chief at JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.

What do a Tampa neighborhood grocery store, a watermelon juice maker and an online marketplace for goods from indigenous tribes around the world have in…

Florida Sen. Frank Artiles , a Republican, resigned last month after the Miami Herald revealed he had said the n-word and called a fellow senator,...

Apalachicola Bay is taking a long time to recover from a 2012 collapse that also severely damaged the local economy.Roughly 100 seafood workers have left…

A set of proposed districts for the state Senate passed a key committee late last week on a party-line vote, even as a fight over the future leadership of…

Jeb Bush stared across the Londonderry Senior Center in disbelief.A voter at this New Hampshire town hall had just told him she'd read the candidate's…

Jamie Howe has been disabled for years after complications from a gastric bypass surgery, and was diagnosed with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency,...

It was 1964. The New York World's Fair. And a young Tony Napolitano saw his first video phone at the Bell Telephone pavilion. The boy marveled that...

Despite broad opposition on Florida’s campuses, state lawmakers are moving forward with a plan to allow guns at universities. Three months ago today,...

At least nineteen long-term care facilities in Florida have either a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19. The disease has already proven deadly at...

Health care workers of color were more likely to care for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, more likely to report using inadequate or...