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The federal government is offering for the first time this year four, free COVID-19 testing kits. Experts say it's a move that highlights expectations of another busy respiratory infection season.

Texas State Rep. Gene Wu, who fled the state with other Democrats to stop a GOP redistricting plan, is being targeted for removal from office by Gov. Greg Abbott. Wu says Abbott lacks that power.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about shark migration, why woodpeckers are "metalheads," and how the brain interprets the word "not."

Thousands of people around the world took to social media Tuesday to honor Anthony Bourdain on what would have been his 63rd birthday. He took his own life last year.

"Hyperintensification" is a new word meteorologists are using to describe the rapid building of Hurricane Lee

Even people who like to cook don't always have time to whip up gourmet meals during the busy holiday season.

DeSantis addressed a number of issues to kick off the 2024 Florida legislative session, including the economy, immigration, and education.

Nezza said the Dodgers wanted her to sing in English. But she said she decided to perform the Spanish version because she felt it was her "duty to represent my people."

A larger White House campaign is targeting what it calls anti-competitive behavior in several industries, including meatpacking, in which over 80% of beef goes through just four companies.

The goal is to create two facilities with more than 1,000 beds for cases of Wuhan coronavirus. But some specialists note that they aren't quite full-service hospitals.

It's the fourth World Series for the Houston Astros since 2017. They're tangling with the Philadelphia Phillies who made an unlikely playoff run to reach their first Series since 2009.

This summer in Baltimore, thousands of copies of the same book showed up in mailboxes and on doorsteps without an explanation. Here's the story behind the mysterious "Great Controversy."

Coco Gauff the 23-year-old tennis player seemed floored today when she learned she'll be the first tennis player to have the honor of being flag bearer for the American team at the Paris Olympics.

In his new book Sellout, writer Dan Ozzi traces a music industry in flux starting in the mid-90s, as punk bands cash in on their cred in exchange for rock stardom and asks, was it all worth it?

Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.

From her multiple marriages to her diamond collecting, a new biography by William Mann — aptly titled How to Be a Movie Star — details the dramatic life of one of Hollywood's all-time leading ladies. "Elizabeth always loved living large, and it served her very well," he says.

De-extinction technology could soon bring back lost species — or preserve endangered ones. In her new book, evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro explores the scientific and ethical challenges.

President Trump remains at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment. Answers about his care have often led to more questions.

The disturbances at Donald Trump's rally in Chicago last night were the culmination of tension and incidents of violence that have been building around the Republican front runner's campaign.

In Do Not Sell At Any Price, Amanda Petrusich details the extreme measures collectors take in pursuit of rare 78s. "You can still find quite a few of them around at junk shops," she says.

In Barack Obama: The Story, journalist David Maraniss chronicles the president's "classic search for home." Maraniss says Obama's young life was defined by his experience of being an outsider — a feeling that stayed with him well into early adulthood.

Public health experts say conditions in war-torn Gaza are ripe for the spread of infectious disease. Health workers are struggling to spot and contain outbreaks, even as the health system teeters.

The Supreme Court's unanimous ruling upholds access to mifepristone, a drug used in more than 60% of abortions. The decision shocked some doctors and abortion rights advocates.

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with marine biologist Edie Widder and director Tasha Van Zandt about the new documentary A Life Illuminated.

A statewide moratorium on evictions due to the pandemic ended in September, and now a federal prohibition is set to expire in January.