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Commentator Molly Ivins recounts some of President Bush's more recent grammar mistakes. They touch on everything from education to foreign policy.

We turn to the services at the Pentagon marking the moment where American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

We look at how in response to the September 11 attacks, the George W. Bush administration totally reshaped U.S. national security appartus.

World leaders are expressing their sympathies for the victims of the 9/11 attacks. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the terrorists had failed to "shake our belief in freedom and democracy."

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ahmed Mohamed, legal director at the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, about the surveillance of Muslim communities after 9/11.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby about the airline's announcement that they will put their unvaccinated employees on temporary leave starting in October.

Red tide seems to be drifting northward toward Pasco and Hernando counties.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with cookbook writer Nigella Lawson about her latest book Cook, Eat, Repeat and how to stop viewing cooking as tedious and, instead, find peace in the kitchen.

I was in Windows On The World the day before 9/11. It took me two years and folding a thousand origami cranes before I could write this essay; it's taken another 18 years for it to be published.

It's easy to feel powerless against looming challenges we cannot control — like climate change. So what should we do? Political strategist Tom Rivett-Carnac says the power is in our mindset.

The killing of George Floyd by a police officer sparked massive protests nationwide. Writer, teacher, and scholar Clint Smith reflects on that moment through conversation, letters, and poetry.

Six militants who escaped from a maximum security Israeli prison have captured the imagination of Palestinians. They also present a dilemma for their leaders.

Florida saw the highest number of HUD homes sold in floodplains, according to an NPR analysis of several years of data. The 529 homes reflect 12% of all of the sales HUD made in the state over several years.

Should you quarantine? Get tested? Mask up? Insist on masks for others? There are many tricky situations to navigate in our delta variant, semi-vaccinated world. Here's advice from experts.

Fortnite maker Epic Games sued Apple over its App Store policies. Now, the federal court's decision could reshape the multibillion-dollar digital economy.

The head of the Louisiana State Police says he wants to know why 67% of his agency's uses of force in recent years have been directed at Black people.

With so many disasters happening so frequently, many people are feeling overwhelmed or hopeless. Reflecting on what you can do personally to combat climate change may help, a psychiatrist says.

After the attacks, barriers and thigh-high cement bollards sprouted up seemingly overnight in Washington, D.C. But new threats show the need for adaptability.

Patrick Phiri of Malawi met Fiona ten Have of the Netherlands met and fell in love. He proposed to her. She said yes. But the pandemic stymied their wedding plans. How are they doing now?

More than 500 people died when the steamship Valbanera sank in a hurricane off Key West in 1919. But the ship, and its story, have never gotten the attention of other wrecks in that region. Marine archaeologists are hoping a recent expedition to the site will change that.

The spike in deaths continues even as new COVID-19 cases continue to fall, marking the lowest weekly total since late July.

President Biden called on Americans to embrace unity as they reflect on the day that two decades ago reshaped the nation. "Unity is what makes us who we are: America at its best," he said.

Prior to President Joe Biden's announcement that hospital workers must get a coronavirus vaccine, leaders of hospital systems in the region have been reluctant to make it a requirement.

President Biden said he was saddened that some GOP governors are threatening to sue over the new mandates. To them, he said, "Have at it."

The California Legislature approved a bill that would let county officials give Bruce's Beach back to the family that owned it nearly a century ago. It now goes to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his signature.