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NPR's A Martinez talks to Lauren Saunders of the National Consumer Law Center, about Apple allowing some iPhone users to pay for purchases up to $1,000 in installments using Apple Pay Later.

Two Tampa area leaders in education and technology are teaming up, as the University of South Florida Jabil Innovation Institute was unveiled…

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the jazz artist Christie Dashiell about her first-ever Grammy nomination, for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

Dorian has strengthened into a hurricane near St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and could become a Category 3 storm when it makes its projected…

The city's first parade celebrating LGBTQ identity took place a year after the Stonewall Uprising. Due to COVID-19, this year's event is virtual, featuring a 24-hour line up of global performances.

In its update of ethics rules aimed at protecting patients, the Obama administration decided against a provision that scientists said would hinder research. Consumer advocates aren't happy.

When Laura Lorson needs a break from the daily grind, she curls up with books that transport her to simpler times. She recommends three titles that take her back to her days of childhood summer reading — absorbing words off sun-dappled pages under the shade of a tree.

In Bill Broun's dystopian Night of the Animals, zoo-bound creatures ask the main character to let them out. "It's a kind of fulcrum between the old world and a kind of liberating cataclysm," he says.

On Oct. 11, 1991, Anita Hill testified during confirmation hearings that then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her. Inspired by the letters she has received in the 20 years since then, the law professor has written a new book, Reimagining Equality.

A Kansas community college president is under fire for comparing a Black student athlete to Hitler. Lawsuits accuse the president of a concerted effort to shrink the Black student body at the school.

In this divided era of American politics, it’s not easy to speak openly across party lines. A new local initiative hopes to change that.

Steve Inskeep talks with New York Times reporter James Risen about his new book, State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration. Risen first broke the news about the National Security Agency's secret eavesdropping program, and says it's illustrative of the administration's behavior in the war on terror.

Twelve years after repeal of the ban on gay and lesbian troops serving openly, no one in the military or Veterans Administration knows how many vets are still without the benefits they're owed.

The company's action came a day after the Nets suspended Irving without pay for at least five games for "publicizing the film containing deeply disturbing antisemitic hate."

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Monday his commitment to raise state funds for teacher salaries to $1.25 billion, an increase of almost a quarter-billion dollars. Public education advocates said that won't alleviate the teacher shortage.

Democrats are exuberant. Money is flowing in. Volunteers are signing up. But campaign veterans say there will come a day when attacks start to land and mistakes will be made.

Herb Alpert got his start playing trumpet in L.A.'s public schools. He wants to help make that "magic" possible for students.

Rachel Martin talks to David Mollett of the American Federation of Government Employees about how the government shutdown affects TSA workers at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Voters in the Granite State will cast their ballots on Tuesday for a Republican presidential candidate. Donald Trump still has a lead over Nikki Haley, who came in third in last week's Iowa caucuses.

Uncertainty about the future, safety fears and concerns over the government's handling of the war in Gaza are leading some Jewish Israelis to leave their country and start new lives elsewhere.

At the event, he says he does not support mask mandates in K-12 schools for the upcoming school year.

For many folks living in the inner city, meal options are limited to what they find in nearby convenience stores and fast food joints.

Biden says he's staying in the 2024 race. If he changes his mind, these Democrats could be potential candidates, this year or in 2028. And, Labour gets a historic victory in the U.K. elections.

New York Times "Phys Ed" columnist Gretchen Reynolds has some simple advice for staying healthy: Stand up. Move around. In her new book, The First 20 Minutes, she explains the hazards of a sedentary lifestyle, and details some of the surprisingly simple ways to stay fit.

Recipients of the Obama-era DACA program are aging, even as the Trump administration moves to weaken the program's protections and benefits.