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In 2022, hundreds of people on horseback pushed 500 head of cattle through 80 contiguous miles of Florida. A new book tells the story of the reenactment and the people who keep the cattle culture alive.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with economist Abid Amiri about President Biden's plan to release $7 billion in frozen Afghan assets.

When 18th century Jewish peddler Jacob Cerf reappears in the 21st century, he finds he can read minds and will people to do his bidding — but he's also a common housefly. Rebecca Miller's Jacob's Folly traces Jacob's mission to get back at God.

The average temperature in July reached 86.5 degrees, breaking the previous record of 86.3 degrees set last July.

President Trump got a warm welcome in Saudi Arabia but troubles he left behind in Washington are still making waves after a week of controversy and breaking news.

With tens of thousands of suspected cases, the government is aiming for 2.5 million jabs a week. The response has been encouraging — but also worrisome.

Now that a GOP approved a framework, the party needs to fill in the blanks for a sweeping multitrillion plan to address defense, energy, immigration and tax policy.

Fighting intensified in the Middle East during the Olympic truce, in effect through March 15. Flights are being disrupted as athletes and families converge on Italy for the Winter Paralympics.

The FAA's training academy in Oklahoma City is operating in spite of the government shutdown, but air traffic control trainees are still feeling its impact.

President Trump is trying to change how people vote. How will that impact midterm voters?

More than 5,500 flights were canceled since Friday when airlines started making plans in anticipation of the massive snowstorm that crippled parts of the Northeast. Airlines say they're now operating at close-to-normal schedules.

They got a sneak peek at what could be Earth's ultimate fate in about 5 billion years when the sun reaches the end of its life and engulfs the solar system's inner planets -– including our own.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with chef José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit, about the hunger crisis in Gaza.

A nutrition app may not be the top priority for someone who struggles to pay for groceries. But cellphones have the potential to improve the health of people with low incomes, if they can get them.

MTV News has shuttered, after nearly four decades of programming. For Gen Xers and older millennials, it was the source of memorable news like the fall of the Berlin wall and Kurt Cobain's death.

Kayla Williams and Brian McGough met in Iraq in 2003. Williams' new memoir, Plenty of Time When We Get Home, describes their homecoming after McGough suffered physical and cognitive injuries in an IED explosion.

Alareer was killed Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike that also killed six other members of his family.

NPR's Steve Inskeep attends the China Development Forum in Beijing, an annual gathering of global business leaders where rising economic tensions with the U.S. are on display this year.

Host Scott Simon talks about Serena Williams, and what's happening in American League baseball with regular commentator Howard Bryant, senior writer for ESPN and ESPN the magazine.

U.S. regulators have historically inspected baby formula plants at least once a year, but they did not inspect any of the three biggest manufacturers in 2020, according to federal records reviewed by AP.

It's been 50 years since Bob Dylan strolled on stage at the Newport Folk Festival, plugged in an electric guitar, and infuriated his flock. Historian Elijah Wald says there's much more to the story.

People returning to the office are refusing to give up their work-from-home casual wear. But what was once viewed as unprofessional dress could make their work performance better.

MI6 may be the world's most legendary secret service, but fiction and film can't uncover its actual history. For that, you need BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera and his new book, The Art of Betrayal: The Secret History of MI6.

Pro-democracy protestors in Nepal hope to increase pressure on the country's king with a day of protests Thursday. Demonstrators say they will continue their campaign until the king relinquishes his powers. But they do not agree on a new political system to replace his absolute authority.

Four new members of the Broward County School Board were sworn in, after Gov. Ron DeSantis removed their predecessors on the recommendation of a statewide grand jury. It's a stunning transformation in one of the state's most Democratic-leaning counties.