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Earlier this week, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing in Manhattan about New York City's crime problem. But experts say there is no problem.

In 2003 George W. Bush set up the global health initiative PEPFAR in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Over the last couple of decades, it's saved millions of lives for relatively little money. But cuts under the Trump administration have gutted the program. An estimated 70,000 people have died already due to the cutbacks. We speak to journalist Jon Cohen who visited Eswatini and Lesotho to learn about the suspended program's effects on the ground.

Audie Cornish talks to poet Tess Taylor about patriotic poetry.

A federal appeals court put a controversial Texas immigration law on hold hours after the Supreme Court allowed it to take effect. Six former Mississippi officers are sentenced for torturing two men.

Strong rains were not enough to keep away a crowd of more than 2,800 people that gathered Thursday afternoon at Florida Memorial University's arena in...

When runners take their places at the starting line of the men's Olympic marathon on Saturday, among them will be two friends and training partners, who have logged thousands of miles together.

The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, revealing more than twice as many Americans live in flood prone areas than FEMA's maps show.

President Trump has suggested that the U.S. should take over Greenland. Now, a planned trip to Greenland puts Usha Vance, the spouse of the U.S. vice president, in a difficult diplomatic position.

At a meeting in Bethesda, Maryland today, researchers presented evidence about how our mental state can affect our physical bodies. In one study, researchers showed that happily married couples had weakened immune systems after a fight. So if you're going to have a fight with your spouse, you'd better button up your overcoat. NPR's Michelle Trudeau reports.

Playwright Eve Ensler became an international phenomenon with her one-woman show, The Vagina Monologues. Now she's back with a new play about the rest of the female anatomy. It's called The Good Body, and it follows Ensler's own attempts to make peace with her aging figure.

NPR's John McChesney reports that Intel's better-than- expected earnings report has reassured many analysts that the personal computer market is healthy -- at least for the time being. Intel's third-quarter report showed profits up by more than 40% over the same quarter of last year. The company credited widespread acceptance of its Pentium- and Pentium Pro-based computers and servers.

Over the course of a year, author Jen Ruiz visited the lavender fields in the south of France, descended into a volcano in Iceland and saw the sunrise over the Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia.

After a former student killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year, Florida public school children are being watched more closely.

When Russia invaded Ukraine eight weeks ago, its war plan failed on multiple fronts. Russia has now regrouped and is focused on the east of Ukraine, hoping to avoid the earlier mistakes.

Throughout his memoir, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink, Costello grapples with parallels to his father's life. "In the end, music was playing in the room when my father left this earth," he says.

TikTok employee Patrick Ryan has launched a legal challenge against the Trump administration to protect TikTok workers. The White House has given the popular app an ultimatum: Sell or be banned.

Former Onion editor Joe Randazzo reacts to the attack of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo this week.

The new collection offers small treasures of wry amusement, elegance and effortlessness, but critic Joel Whitney wonders if Strand is just rehashing themes — and even lines — from his best books.

Joan Chen was only a teenager when she was awarded China's equivalent of the Oscar. Americans know Chen best for her roles in the TV series Twin Peaks and the film The Last Emperor. She is honored at this year's San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Chen talks with host Michel Martin.

Vladimir Putin presented a united front after an attempted mutiny. President Biden says the U.S. was not involved. Researchers say intermittent fasting could be as effective as calorie counting.

When Doug Hurley launched aboard Atlantis on July 8, 2011, the future of human spaceflight from U.S. soil was uncertain. Nearly a decade later, the astronaut is piloting SpaceX's new Crew Dragon.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told COP26 that India, the world's third-biggest carbon emitter, would go net-zero by 2070. But appetite for coal, which supplies 70% of India's power, remains high.

Residents and visitors took nearly 1.25 million trips between Oct. 29, 2020, and April 27. May is the busiest month with a 28,500-ride average.

Journalist David Finkel embedded with the 2-16 Infantry Battalion during the troop surge in Iraq, then recorded their stories in his first book, The Good Soldiers. Now, his new book chronicles the struggles of those who made it home, from their recurring nightmares and suicidal thoughts to the challenges of getting help.

"It's an audit in name only," says one former election security official. "It's a threat to the overall confidence of democracy, all in pursuit of continuing a narrative that we know to be a lie."