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Thousands of migrants fleeing violence in Central America are again trekking across Mexico to seek sanctuary in the U.S. Observers say the summer surge could rival the wave of migrants who arrived in 2014. NPR explores what is behind the exodus.

In Southern California, a section of the high speed train linking San Francisco to Los Angeles would have to navigate through mountains, fault zones and what may be even more daunting: cowboy country.

Usually in nature, the females choose the males they mate with. But researchers say a type of male orb-weaving spider selects the female — which will cannibalize him afterward.

Space is so crazy big that it should make you realize most of the day-to-day stuff we sweat just doesn't matter — and that is a very good thing, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.

A federal judge released hundreds of documents related to Trump University, which is being sued for fraud. They show a high-pressure sales environment where employees were taught how to keep selling expensive packages of real estate classes, even when customers balked.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Dana Leigh Marks, president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, about the increase in Central American migrants seeking asylum in the U.S.

There were recalls of some sunscreen and after-sun products last week when testing revealed the presence of a carcinogenic chemical.

Home health aides work for low wages, but they're critical for elderly and disabled people. A proposal to inject billions of dollars in federal funding may be an opportunity for sweeping change.

Rapper and DJ Biz Markie has died. The self-deprecating rapper was known for his 1989 hit "Just a Friend."

Zaila Avant-garde, the first African American winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, talked about how she got started in competitive spelling and what she has planned for the future.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with University of Washington professor Kristie Ebi about the mounting death toll from recent heat waves across the Pacific Northwest.

Scores of athletes, officials and media are streaming in to Tokyo for the start of the COVID-delayed Summer Olympics. Already, two athletes have tested positive for COVID-19.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Harvard professor Jason Furman, a once top economic advisor to former president Barack Obama, about inflation and the U.S. economy.

Fans ran for safety during the sixth inning after what police said was an exchange of gunfire between people in two cars.

For more than 200 years, the census was overseen by white leaders. Holmes' 1998 stint as acting director blazed a trail for Biden's pick, who may become the count's first permanent director of color.

These are women who have lost a spouse — often the sole breadwinner of the family — during the pandemic. Now they are faced with hospitals bills and daily living expenses. Who will help them?

Mexican fishermen are illegally plundering tons of red snapper from the lower Texas Gulf Coast, raising the ire of the U.S. Coast Guard, Texas fishermen, marine biologists and the federal government.

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists and Denver officials are calling for the firing of KUSA 9News leaders after three Latina on-air reporters were dismissed over the course of a year.

The highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading fast and driving new cases and hospitalizations. Here's what you need to know to keep yourself and your kids from getting sick.

The condo building failure in Surfside, Fla., is reminiscent of the July 17, 1981, collapse of two elevated walkways at the Kansas City, Mo., Hyatt Regency that killed 114 people and injured over 200.

Scott Simon notes the 30 percent increase of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. during the first year of the pandemic.

Claude Joseph is one of three men with claims to power in Haiti. He says he's been in talks with the others about resolving the dispute amid the investigation into the president's assassination.

The CDC warns new COVID-19 cases are on a sharp rise, up 70%, fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant. Officials expect more spread in the nation's unvaccinated population.

Scott Simon talks with Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis about inflation, the government response, and the economy's state in the district he oversees.

Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the NBA finals and the continuing challenges posed by COVID-19 in the MLB, NFL, and upcoming Tokyo Olympics.