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Sir David Fagan is a 16-time winner of the coveted Golden Shears. But he lost an exhibition match against New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English at the World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships.

British officials unveiled plans Thursday morning to sell the majority of its centuries old postal service. It's the largest privatization of a government service the country has seen in decades. The public offering of the world's oldest postal service would take place in the coming weeks.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Lissette Rozenblat. Her daughter goes to school at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the city of Parkland, Fla., where a deadly shooting occurred on Wednesday.

NPR'S Sacha Pfeiffer talks with David Smith, head of Americas Insights at the real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, about the empty commercial buildings across several U.S. cities.

Barb Barnes faced a very difficult moment in 2005, after she underwent major open heart surgery. A nurse helped her through it.

Desmond Meade was recently named as a MacArthur Foundation fellow for 2021 — commonly known as a “genius" grant. He discusses honor and his activism in passing Amendment 4 in 2018.

The victim first called police on Sunday when she says Darrell Hunter entered the store threatening to shoot Chinese people. Officials arrested him days later when he returned to menace her.

Extreme temperatures are taking a toll on zoo animals. Zoos throughout the U.S. are finding ways to help animals beat the heat.

The U.S. Defense Department said troops spared civilians during a celebrated 2019 raid against the leader of ISIS, but NPR has uncovered new details that challenge the U.S. claims.

Griner, 31, is "a bit worried" because of the trial and the potential of a prison sentence, he lawyer tells NPR, "but she's a tough lady and I think she will manage."

After many twists and turns in the legal battle over the Legislature’s interpretation of Amendment 4, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is poised to hear arguments Tuesday in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appeal of a federal judge’s ruling that found the law unconstitutional.

To people who watch high-level philanthropy, Florida A&M's embarrassing incident wasn't only a shocking reversal. It was something they've seen before. The school is now investigating what went wrong.

The Senate GOP leader told NPR in an interview that nothing he heard in a secret briefing changed his mind about the integrity of the Russia and Justice Department probes. "I support both," he said.

A taste of fall as morning lows will fall into the 60s north of the I-4 corridor on Saturday, and afternoon highs will only rebound to the upper 70s and lower 80s. Then, we watch the tropics again.

Beth Nielsen Chapman's songs have been recorded by Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Faith Hill and other major artists. On her new collection of Latin hymns, the singer-songwriter finds a different voice within to sing the spiritual songs of her Catholic youth.

Songwriter Billy McCarthy turned to music after a childhood rocked by suicide and mental illness. He speaks with NPR's Laura Sullivan about the band's debut album, Rise Ye Sunken Ships.

In an interview with NBC News, Trump refused to rule out military force to acquire Greenland. His remarks come a day after Vice President JD Vance's scaled back visit to the island.

There are 4,403 athletes taking part in the international competition getting underway Tuesday, according to the organizing committee for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Tommy Chreene saw a man die while working on a Gulf oil rig — and went right back to work. Then the oil company decided that for the workplace to be safer, roughnecks needed to share their feelings.

In the months after Hurricane Ian made landfall, residents in Fort Myers Beach, Pine Island, and Sanibel, Florida have struggled to navigate insurance claims, building permits, and government aid as they rebuild their lives.

Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son Sagui is believed to be alive and among the Israeli hostages seized by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks, says the ceasefire deal is a way 'to end the madness in Gaza.'

Pakistan's biggest media house and the country's spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence, have been embroiled in conflict recently. Geo TV alleged that ISI tried to kill the network's anchor, who was shot and badly injured in April. Now, government regulators have intervened, banning Geo for two weeks.

With the human toll expected to be much higher than the 17 confirmed dead, the fire in a London high-rise apartment building is compounding the government's political woes.

Florida's public health officials are giving their own COVID booster recommendation — saying only those over 65 should get the shot. Some health systems in the state are following CDC guidance.