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Joey Chestnut was banned from the contest that made him famous after signing an endorsement deal with a company that makes plant-based proteins. The 16-time champ returns to Coney Island on July 4th.

New Jersey offers a potential blueprint for densely populated states that are grappling with increased flooding due to climate change.

Americans forfeit millions of paid days off every year. And many U.S. workers now take shorter, partial-week vacations. But even a mini-break can be good for your health.

Deconstruction is a growing approach to taking down homes that diverts waste from landfills, cuts carbon emissions and creates a circular economy for construction materials.

The Trump administration has a novel strategy to boost arrests and reduce courts' backlog: dismissing people's immigration cases and immediately arresting them.

Ukraine's president was elected with a huge popular mandate to fight corruption. The youngest and least experience member of Ukraine's parliament has joined the battle against corruption.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with special assistant to the president Steven Groves about the two articles of impeachment the House Judiciary committee is marking up.

Under the new policy, all immigrants will be treated the same. But advocates warn that this new approach is a misinterpretation of existing law.

Six Republican governors are sending National Guard troops to the nation's capital to help with the president's crime crackdown. And, Texas lawmakers set to vote on a new congressional map today.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington about the scope of the expected charges against President Trump. NPR's Domenico Montanaro weighs in on the conversation.

Israel plans to call up 60,000 reservists for its new Gaza City offensive. And, North Carolina's Outer Banks is bracing for the flood and damage that Hurricane Erin could bring.

AI-generated speech can be heard in customer service and media. Now some patients who lost the ability to talk due to cancer or other disease are using AI to resurrect their natural voices. *

There is a deep schism in how Americans understand the assassination that took place a little more than a week ago and that gap is being widened by social media.

Kids in the kitchen: chaos or bliss? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe and her children join Mark Bittman to try out some kid-friendly recipes from his new book "How To Cook Everything Kids."

The Trump administration has given an ultimatum to immigrants without legal status: Leave voluntarily, or you'll be detained and deported. This has forced some immigrant families in the U.S. to grapple with very hard choices.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Mayci Neeley of Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives about how her traumatic college days have shaped her relationship with her religion.

NPR's Scott Detrow visits the Basilica where Pope Francis has been laid to rest.

"It feels like we're not being considered and we're not being included," says survivor Annie Farmer, who testified against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.

StubHub has a "Recommended Tickets" filter that only displays some tickets but not others. It's automatically turned on — and it's upsetting users.

On "The Florida Roundup," former U.S. Reps. Carlos Curbelo and Stephanie Murphy discuss the need for consensus and contacting lawmakers with personal stories.

As Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair succeeded in negotiating peace in Northern Ireland in 1998. Five years later, he joined the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq — sullying his reputation ever since.

Students face increased mental health risk while dealing with the challenges of a hurricane.

Jimmy Lai, a former media mogul, pro-democracy supporter and outspoken critic of China, was convicted this week on national security charges. He faces life in prison.

In 1969, oil from an offshore well left beaches in Santa Barbara, Calif., coated with crude and littered with dead birds. The country's reaction helped create the modern environmental movement.