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More than a month after Hurricane Helene devastated mountain communities across Western North Carolina, the VA is still sending out teams to check on isolated veterans and bring them supplies.

President Trump is trying to reverse the Clinton era rule that puts 59 million acres of National Forest lands off limits to timber harvest and other development. America's timber industry may not see the boom many conservatives expect.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hired over 12,000 officers and reduced training time to aid with deportation efforts. Steve Inskeep speaks with a homeland security expert about that training.

Voters in D.C. are heading to the polls Tuesday for a pivotal mayoral primary. The winner will be favored in November and will have to navigate President Trump's focus on the city's affairs.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Bill McGee, Senior Fellow for Aviation and Travel at the American Economic Liberties Project, about how the Iran war is impacting the airline industry.

As President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their thoughts with NPR.

Historians have long struggled to explain how the West became the preeminent political and economic force in the modern world. In Civilization, historian Niall Ferguson credits six "killer apps" and explains how China is quickly catching on — and catching up.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with activist and astronaut Amanda Nguyen on her new book, Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope,

A group of 17 American doctors was allowed to evacuate Gaza on Friday, according to the Biden administration.

The nonprofit Children's Health Defense that Kennedy led has filed nearly 30 federal and state lawsuits since 2020, many challenging vaccines and public health mandates.

Ireland is poised to pass a BDS bill that would criminalize trade with Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and potentially clash with EU trade law.

Our call-out on Facebook for people to share their experiences of the health care system yielded wrenching tales of bankruptcies, medical errors, and delayed or foregone treatment.

Our call-out on Facebook for people to share their experiences of the health care system yielded wrenching tales of bankruptcies, medical errors, and delayed or foregone treatment.

We ranked our 50 favorite records of the year, from hip-hop to classical and everything in between.

Historically black neighborhoods were known for bringing people of different economic classes together — but that all changed during the civil rights movement. Eugene Robinson writes about how post-civil rights social mobility tore black communities apart in Disintegration.

Donald Trump held up a one-page summary of his wealth that he claimed showed he's worth almost $9 billion. But the public essentially has to take his word for it until more details are disclosed.

The national board of SAG-AFTRA voted to strike and is walking picket lines. There are now two simultaneous strikes in Hollywood, writers have been on strike since May.

A Paris neighborhood found itself at the center of a violent stand-off on Friday, with shoppers taken hostage at a local supermarket

Paul Manafort was sentenced for the second time, Roger Stone appeared in court and a key investigator is leaving the team.

The explorer led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, and he was in the early stages of a fourth when he died of a heart attack aboard the Quest near the Falkland Islands.

But more money has been allocated in this year's state budget for a program that pays farmers and ranchers in the Florida Wildlife Corridor not to develop their land.

Ever since the giant Shuttlecocks art exhibit was installed in the 1990s, Kansas City professional sports teams haven't been able to win a national championship. And there are some who believe the exhibit is to blame.

Field goals of 50 yards or more used to be rare in the NFL. But this season, kickers are hitting them at a historic clip — and that's changing the game.

Home prices are up 30% in the past year in some cities. Many people wonder if we're in another housing bubble. Some economists think prices could fall in places where homes are especially overvalued.

Workers are now missing paychecks for the first time since the partial government shutdown began. That's causing many of them to do what once seemed unthinkable — apply for unemployment.