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Adults "can see us as serious or they can see us as a joke," one of the kids says. "A lawsuit is not a joke," her brother adds. The European Court of Human Rights has fast-tracked their 2020 lawsuit.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Maya MacGuineas of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, about the Biden administration's $14 billion proposal for emergency military aid to Israel.

Sixty-one years ago, U.S. Rangers stormed the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc to break through Nazi lines. Historian Douglas Brinkley talks about this historical event and the rise of the 'New Patriotism.'

The weakening economy around the world will drive down demand for oil in the coming months, according to OPEC, while the U.S. government warns that households will pay more for heat this winter.

The $1.95 billion Operation Warp Speed contract excludes government rights to inventions or production know-how developed in the manufacture of the COVID-19 vaccine.

All this week, NPR is taking a deeper look at the natural gas boom in the United States. The series is called "The Fracking Boom: Missing Answers."

It's been a chaotic scramble to find the new leader of California. After former Vice President Kamala Harris decided not to run, there hasn't been a clear candidate to pick up from Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The eclectic approach of Jocie Adams' former band is amply present in her solo debut. Arc Iris showcases Adams' unique singing voice and supports it with cello, banjo, brass and more.

The remarks contrast with Border Czar Tom Homan's softer messaging earlier this year, after two U.S. citizens were killed by immigration officials in Minneapolis.

This week's Barbershop will explore whether politics or mobile phones should be allowed at the Thanksgiving dinner table with Steven Petrow, who writes the Civilities column for the Washington Post, Harriette Cole, who writes the syndicated advice column Sense and Sensitivity, and NPR's Sam Sanders.

On Arizona's border with Mexico, we look at one of many majority Latino counties that swung dramatically toward Donald Trump this election.

Cars are a necessary form of transportation in Tampa and Hillsborough County. So who plans the roads?

The heaviest rain is expected immediately along the Gulf Coast from Tampa to Cedar Key, where an additional 3-4 inches are possible.

Weekend Edition guest host Don Gonyea talks with a team of NPR correspondents about the federal spending cuts that will take effect March 1 unless lawmakers reach agreement on deficit reduction. Correspondents Tom Bowman, Julie Rovner and Brian Naylor look at possible cuts in defense, health and transportation spending. Correspondent John Ydstie looks at the potential economic impact of the spending cuts.

Some companies have announced diversity rollbacks — but many more are deleting or softening language from their investor disclosures, an NPR analysis finds.

The toy retailer has maintained a presence at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street for decades. In July, it will close its doors. Company officials are looking for a less expensive location in Manhattan.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Chuck Hoskin Jr., Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, about the importance of preserving Native languages.

Hundreds of homes far inland were flooded last year during Hurricane Milton. We look at the reason why and what local governments are doing to keep it from happening again.

Florida will get another $27 million dollars this year from the federal government to combat the opioid crisis.

Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, says he won't sit "idly by" if legitimate property insurance claims get denied while rates continue to rise. He also promises to bring tech advances to rural parts of the state.

Van Houten, now in her 70s, is serving a life sentence for helping Charles Manson and other followers in the 1969 killings of Leno LaBianca, a grocer in Los Angeles, and his wife, Rosemary.

When the coronavirus hit, thousands of unsheltered people in the state were moved into hotels under a plan known as "Project Roomkey." Now many are ending up back on the street.

After hearing about the impasse, the judge instructed the jury to keep deliberating. Jurors have been debating Holmes' fate for seven days in a trial that has stretched on for four months.

Martin Seay's debut novel tells three separate but connected stories, all revolving around an alchemist in 16th-century Venice who conspires to smuggle two legendary mirror-makers out of the city.

With gas prices passing $3 a gallon, accusations of price-gouging are common. But what exactly is price-gouging? How is it defined? And are the oil companies guilty of it?