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The Canadian tennis phenom is taking this year's U.S. Open by storm, becoming the youngest woman to reach the semifinals in 16 years.

Many Afghans complain that the United States and other donor countries are spending billions of dollars creating a hodgepodge of expensive and often shoddy relief and development projects in dangerous areas. A U.N. official says it's time to "let the kid drive," allowing Afghans to direct aid projects.

Many Afghans complain that the United States and other donor countries are spending billions of dollars creating a hodgepodge of expensive and often shoddy relief and development projects in dangerous areas. A U.N. official says it's time to "let the kid drive," allowing Afghans to direct aid projects.

With a bombardment of sexually-charged messages in pop culture, some parents find it difficult — and even awkward — having a discussion youngsters about sex, even with the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In this week's parenting roundtable, regular contributing moms Dani Tucker and Jolene Ivey — both of whom have teenaged children — discuss the challenges of such conversations and share their approach.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Adm. James Stavridis, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, about the NATO summit and the state of the global alliance.

The unflinching multidisciplinary artist has long welcomed new challenges. With the release of a new album and a new book, he embraces the role his career has been building toward: investigative poet.

DACA recipients are legally allowed to live and work in the U.S. However, the possibility of a second Trump presidency brings a lot of uncertainty for the over half a million DACA permit holders.

Helicopter images of Moore, Oklahoma show tracts of devastated neighborhoods.

The debate over allowing concealed weapons on college campuses is heating up at USF's Tampa campus this week. We visited the Bull Market, where opponents…

Heading into the 2019 Legislative Session, state lawmakers on either side of the aisle aren’t seeing eye-to-eye on education. Like they have in previous...

In an NPR/NewsHour/Marist poll, nearly two-thirds of respondents say the president has been too lax on Russia. Most also believe Russia will try to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections again.

At his first Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing since U.S. forces seized Nicolás Maduro, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns the U.S. could still use force to pressure Venezuela's government.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Ina Fried of Axios about ways Puerto Rico can take advantage of what tech offers in the future. That is, what opportunities there are starting from scratch, using the newest and best ways to generate power and connect people.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, about the looming expiration of federal food assistance and what it means for food banks across the country.

As he seeks the Republican presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis now criticizes former President Donald Trump for approving the election section of the CARES Act.

U.S. troops in Baghdad are expanding operations, with Iraqi soldiers and police trying to bring security to some of the capital's most dangerous districts. Among the U.S. units involved is the Tomahawks Battalion of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based in Alaska. The Strykers are part of the front line, getting tips, clearing houses, and working neighborhood by neighborhood to bring the city under control.

For a long time, coal was king in eastern Kentucky. But the industry today is hemorrhaging jobs. The region is now struggling to rebuild its economy and find new jobs for unemployed miners.

Islamist militants seized control of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, over the weekend. Farai Chideya talks with John Prendergast of the International Crisis Group about the looming battle for control of the city between Islamist fighters and Somali warlords, who are regrouping their forces outside Mogadishu.

Ahead of next week's NATO summit, Steve Inskeep talks to former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Admiral James Stavridis about how Trump's approach could affect the alliance.

Six years ago, USA Gymnastics was on the brink of collapse after a sexual abuse scandal. Now, a new generation of leadership is trying to steer the organization in a new direction.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Susan Thornton of Yale Law School about Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Xi's warnings about Taiwan.

Maya James and Cheyenne Walker co-founded the Howard University Ice Skating Organization, the first figure skating team at a Historically Black College or University.

The Shriners Children’s Research Institute will research cell and gene therapies, robotics, artificial intelligence and medical devices.

The Sleater-Kinney guitarist and singer is known for her defiant performances, but it was vulnerability that initially drew her to music. Brownstein's new memoir is Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl.

For more than a century, artists have worked and lived in the studios above New York's Carnegie Hall. Now, Carnegie Hall wants the 50 tenants to move so it can renovate and expand the hall's education programs. But they aren't leaving without a fight.