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As more companies install private fast-chargers for their own electric car owners, there are fears of a frustrating patchwork of charging stations. One small-town mayor took on the issue.

President Bush is in Texas Sunday for a briefing on the damage caused by Hurricane Rita. He spent Saturday at Peterson Air Force base in Colorado Springs, Colo., monitoring the storm and the federal response.

Director Adrian Lyne made his mark in Hollywood years ago with films like Fatal Attraction and Indecent Proposal. Now he's back, with the story of a picture-perfect marriage marred by mind games.

Bushra Jamil is one of the founders of the Radio al-Mahaba, Baghdad's radio station for women. Jamil is in the United States hoping to get financial and popular support for her station. She speaks with Renee Montagne. The station provides a forum for women to ask pointed and personal questions about their legal rights, domestic violence, health and family matters.

Most young voters cast their ballots for Democratic candidates in last month's midterm elections. Now, young Republicans are demanding change from their party to keep up with their generation.

In Wisconsin, advocates are protesting the increase in prison lockdowns they say lead to inhumane conditions. While the Governor has recently announced reforms, advocates say they don't go far enough.

The horror writer says he understands why fans have said the COVID-19 pandemic feels like living inside one of his novels. King says he doesn't feel panic or terror, but rather, a "gnawing anxiety."

The FBI director says accused Charleston, S.C., church shooter Dylann Roof was able to get a gun because of a background check error.

Taylor Swift turned masters ownership from a behind-the-scenes conversation into a mainstream debate about artist autonomy. But how has that fight influenced other artists in the music industry?

The lone survivor of a house fire in Tampa that killed his grandmother and two other young boys earlier this week has died.Romello Jackson, 8, was taken…

Before she was a famous author, Strayed wrote an advice column under the pseudonym "Dear Sugar." Now, it's been adapted into an unlikely off-Broadway play starring Nia Vardalos.

We revisit a Season 3 conversation with the owner of a location that specializes in Key lime.

Food writer Patricia Wells has lived in Paris for 20 years, dining in the city's finest restaurants. Now she has a cookbook showcasing those restaurants' recipes. All Things Considered host Linda Wertheimer talks to Wells about her new Paris Cookbook. (5:15) The publisher is Harper Collins; ISBN # 0060184698.

When female gorillas leave one social group and join another, they tend to seek out groups with other females that they've lived with in the past, showing the power of long-term relationships.

After years of stunning growth, China's go-go real estate market is in retreat. It has been one of the engines driving the world's second-largest economy, so economists are watching it closely.

Every year, the town of San Antero celebrates the hardworking pack animals that haul crops and supplies for farmers who can't afford trucks or motorcycles. There's even a donkey beauty pageant.

The New York Yankees have reported eight "breakthrough" cases among vaccinated staff and a player. They were here during a series with the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Foldscope brings a powerful science tool to schools that can't afford microscopes. Scientists use it too. Its creators have handed out 2 million units, including a new mini-model for younger kids.

NPR's Scott Simon and sports reporter Michele Steele talk about an epic NBA conference finals.

Young adults insured under their parents' plans were shielded from the potentially catastrophic cost of a medical emergency, a review of hospital records found. Researchers say $147 million in hospital bills were charged to insurers rather than the patients in 2011.

Florida’s unemployment rate shot up to 4.3% in March, as coronavirus-induced closures of Florida’s theme parks, hotels and large numbers of businesses…

Until August is the last novel of the Nobel Prize-winning author, a work he asked his sons to destroy. But, nearly 10 years after his death, they have decided to publish his final novel.

More than 16,000 structures and landmarks were destroyed in the recent Los Angeles fires. A group of volunteers are trying to preserve their histories through Wikipedia entries.

The New Zealanders' new recording combines live performances of Conchords classics with loose tracks that the duo has performed over the years but never officially released.

Hodgson is joining a school in the Big East Conference, a basketball-first power league rich in tradition, resources and national exposure.