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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is stepping up efforts to get the legislature to expand access to Medicaid to make health care more accessible, a move apparently favored by most of the public.

Neptune has long been depicted as a deeper, darker blue than its fellow ice giant Uranus, but a new study shows that both are a similar shade of light greenish blue.

Vehicle dealers are pushing back on rules that would increase the number of electric trucks sold in New Jersey. It could be a preview of a brewing fight over state rules about cars. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on December 23, 2024.)

Over the weekend, the strike against General Motors expanded to a huge engine plant in Springhill, Tenn. Workers at Ford and Stellantis are returning to their jobs after tentative deals.

The monster Category 5 hurricane destroyed hotels, home and businesses. Information has been hard to get because most of the metropolitan area is still without phone or internet service.

U.S. Gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi died last week. We talk with sports reporter Juliet Macur about his complicated legacy.

For a long time Tesla used its own kind of charger plug and had its own supercharger network. That once-exclusive network is opening up to other EV manufacturers.

A fire raged through a popular ski resort south of Istanbul early Tuesday. The deadly fire broke out during a school holiday when the area's hotels are packed.

Trump wants to reinterpret the phrasing of the 14th Amendment to mean that the federal government would not recognize automatic birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents without legal status.

The Senate quickly confirmed the Florida senator from Miami as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day.

The deadline for the start of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip passed as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas had provided the names of the three hostages it was set to release on Sunday.

Nike is bringing a former executive out of retirement to be the new CEO. The company reports to Wall Street on Tuesday just how bad things are.

Trump took the rally as an opportunity to preview several of his Day 1 actions, including on border security, energy, and ending the Biden administration's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in government agencies.

Members of the House of Representatives voted 311 to 114 Friday morning to expel Santos from Congress. The embattled congressman is accused by prosecutors of a number of financial misdeeds.

Teresita Gómez learned piano in secret at the exclusive fine arts school where her parents worked. She's now a celebrated classical pianist and a longtime promoter of music by Colombian composers.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Susan Joy Hassol of the nonprofit Climate Communication about the increasing toll from extreme weather events nationwide.

The pandemic fueled a tech boom, but now tech companies are scaling back hiring and hunkering down for a tougher economy than expected.

Trump tweeted about the dangers to Iran of making threats. Iran's president said American must understand that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace and war with Iran is the mother of all wars.

New York City has more that 400 subway stops. One straphanger is trying to break the record for reaching all of them the fastest.

The combination of economic collapse and social isolation can result in stress and strained emotional health. Crisis hotlines are staffing up amid spikes in calls.

A popular French singer has reportedly been asked to perform at the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony, but not everyone in France has welcomed the suggestion.

Benny Gantz, who leads an opposition party and also regularly faces the prime minister as part of the war Cabinet, is calling to set a date for elections. Polling shows Netanyahu would lose to him.

Voters will see a November ballot with President Biden and former President Trump running against each other, just like 2020. For some there's a disbelief that the rematch is really happening.

Cocoa prices are on the rise because of changing climate patterns and extreme weather.

The 26-year-old suspect in the killing of CEO Brian Thompson appeared in federal court on Thursday, where he was charged with murder, a crime that carries a possible sentence of the death penalty.