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NPR's Renee Montagne talks with KTUU Weekend Meteorologist Tracy Sinclare about the record-breaking heat in Anchorage, Alaska.

An orchestra performs the world premiere of a piece by the late Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White, 23 years after he composed it.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is shaking up another important scientific panel, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

The former prosecutor faces federal charges over allegations that she sent a report on Jack Smith's investigation into President Trump's hoarding of classified documents to her personal email account.

From barbecue to celebrating both Caribbean and Greek cultures, here are some things you can check out this weekend.

The Commission of Fine Arts has given a design for a massive arch in Washington, D.C., its final approval, even though it's missing some visual components.

One person has died after a blast Friday at a New York City shipyard, officials say. They said 36 people were injured, most of them firefighters and other first responders.

The LAPD detained at least 16 journalists covering a protest in March 2021, a low point in a year of increasing mistrust and hostilities between police departments and the media.

From reggaeton to rock and country to classical, these were the songs we couldn't stop playing in 2019.

This weekend, Hamilton is in theaters in honor of its anniversary, a new Conjuring horror film opens, and Dylan O'Brien stars in a twisty story about grief.

NPR's Don Gonyea talks with Mark Barabak of The Los Angeles Times, Kathleen Gray of The New York Times and Holly Bailey of The Washington Post about covering politics during a year like none other.

There is little precedent for a former president running again, let alone winning. But since when has the lack of precedent bothered Donald Trump?

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge about the Biden administration's plans to provide rental assistance to those who need it.

A new study by the nonprofit news service Climate Central presents another grim outlook for the elderly in South Florida: more nursing homes and assisted living facilities at risk from flooding than other coastal states.

The financial gap between wealthy hospitals and safety-net hospitals, which take everyone who walks through their doors, has widened during the pandemic, an NPR and PBS Frontline investigation found.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Neil Potts, Facebook vice president for trust and security, about internal documents leaked by a company whistleblower.

California has returned land to a Black family after it was seized decades ago. The story of Bruce's Beach highlights the loss of generational wealth and property that's happened across the country.

For the occasion of its half-centennial, cultural critic and poet Hanif Abdurraqib takes the measure of Stevie Wonder's unmatchable artistic achivements in the early-to-mid '70s.

The nation's fifth largest school district has seen a jump in violent incidents since returning from 15 months of virtual-only classes.

Ethics watchdogs are raising alarms after a report showed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted lavish gifts without disclosing them as required.

After emergency surgery, an American expatriate now carries the baggage of a five-figure bill. Costs for medical care in the U.S. can be two to three times the rates in other developed countries.

Roots music has always had rule-breakers, but its shift this century toward genre-twisting innovation owes a lot to a 2000 album by three kids barely old enough to vote.

Biologic drugs, often made with the help of living organisms, are especially lucrative because they have scant competition from biosimilars, drugs akin to generics. It's a different story in Europe.

As Oscar season heats up, the Brazilian city of Recife turns Carnival into a celebration of its hometown film hopeful, The Secret Agent.

Now a tropical storm, the system hit Virginia after striking North and South Carolina — two states that are still coping with the effects of flooding from Hurricane Florence.