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NPR gets an inside look at how one small Vermont town is protecting its water plant from hackers.

In 2025 why not learn CPR? NPR's Life Kit has tips for how to help someone in cardiac arrest.

Consumer giant Kimberly-Clark has agreed to buy Kenvue, the parent company of embattled brand Tylenol, for nearly $49 billion. But what does this mean for consumers and shareholders?

Farmland is being abandoned across Europe as it's difficult to make a living. Some ecologist fear that some plant and species will lose ground but some hope that other species may fill in the gaps.

With no end in sight to the funding standoff, financial anxiety is growing. One single mom in Colorado raided her retirement savings to get through the shutdown.

Known primarily for his southern-flavored operas, Floyd helped create an American opera vernacular. His 1955 hit Susannah won the New York Music Critics Circle Award and helped launch his career.

What do the first 24-hour cable news network and a website known for cute cat videos have in common?Well, CNN and Buzzfeed are about to share a YouTube…

Cryptocurrency trading platform FTX is defunct and its CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been convicted of fraud. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks researcher Molly White what's next for crypto.

House lawmakers got an earful this week on proposed workers' compensation measures. Business groups and health care advocates complain the draft...

According to a new survey, Florida employers are almost twice as likely to offer high deductible health plans – than the national average.Deductibles are…

A proposal in the Legislature would give some employers tax incentives to help full-time workers pay for a down payment or the closing costs on a home.

Etiquette experts weigh in on what to do with that ugly sweater you got for the holidays.

Problems with the capsule's propulsion system, used to maneuver the spacecraft, prompted NASA and Boeing to delay the flight home several times while they analyzed the trouble.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with historian Jules Gill-Peterson about the history of trans children in medicine and why the current slate of local anti-trans legislation is focused on minors.

A few years ago, "A" experienced a psychotic episode. His boss made a decision that saved his life.

After Annabelle Gurwitch was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer, a volunteer with the same diagnosis encouraged her to stop worrying so much about the future and start living again.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been declared dead in a helicopter crash. As Michael Cohen's cross-examination wraps up, here's why the verdict in Trump's trial could come down to sex and privacy.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Tuesday the firing of the city's embattled police superintendent. He also said a task force will begin work on a top to bottom review of the city's police department.

Corporate America has been largely silent about the damage President Trump's policies could do to the economy — or its own businesses. But now, a powerful business lobby is suing the administration over his new $100,000 fees on H-1B visas.

Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin talks with author Dennis Lehane reflects on how Boston has dealt with a week of violence and uncertainty. Lehane is a Boston native and the author of many books about the city, including Mystic River.

Russell played a Soviet spy in The Americans. She stars as a foreign service officer who becomes the U.S. ambassador in London in the Netflix series The Diplomat. Originally broadcast April 17, 2023.

Former Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron says he thinks Trump is "salivating for the opportunity to prosecute and imprison journalists." New Yorker editor David Remnick agrees.

A quarter-century ago, swimmer Hodding Carter just missed qualifying for the Olympic trials. Now 45, he is training for a long-shot bid at qualifying for the Beijing Olympics. Carter chronicles his quest in a new book, Off the Deep End.

The blueprint for today's hip-hop just got his own exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library. "The Book of Hov" exhibit honors Jay-Z. Thirteen limited-edition library cards are also making their debut.

More than two-thirds of the accumulated energy of all tropical storms, hurricanes, and major hurricanes occur between Aug. 15 and Oct. 15 in the Atlantic Basin, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.