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Elmore, Minnesota is the childhood home of former Vice President Walter Mondale. Advocates there want to see the house he lived in added to the National Register of Historic Places.

European leaders who gathered in Paris Tuesday to discuss a security plan for Ukraine expressed their concerns about President Trump's comments on seeking an American takeover of Greenland.

The Trump administration has imposed tough restrictions in response to hantavirus and Ebola, including quarantine orders and travel bans. That's despite past criticism of many COVID measures.

For years, political parties in most states have avoided getting involved in primary races -- leaving the choice to voters. But in many places, those elections are looking different this year.

When the U.S. pulled back on giving out foreign aid last year, fears emerged that China would swoop to take America's place. But China's approach may signify a different role for it in global health.

The U.S. has agreed to release more than 150 million barrels of oil from its strategic petroleum reserve. What does that mean for the stockpile located in salt caverns along the Gulf Coast?

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Politico reporter Declan Harty about President Trump's memecoin, the dinner he is hosting for its holders and the ethical questions surrounding his crypto dealings.

A federal judge has stymied the efforts of the Trump Administration to subpoena Minnesota officials who criticized the federal government's immigration enforcement actions. The judge said there was "no doubt the subpoenas were issued to harass President Donald Trump's political opponents.

Most folks never would have predicted the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots would end up meeting in the Super Bowl. Last season the Patriots had a record of 4-13 and Seattle was barely a .500 team. What happened?

Some sneaker resellers are despairing as once pricey pairs now sit on shelves unsold. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Mike Sykes II from the Business of Fashion about the changing market for sneakers.

Now that the world's most famous Catholic is an American from Chicago, some hope Pope Leo XIV will help bring new energy to a church that's been on the steady decline there.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Ambassador Fredrick Barton, now a lecturer at Princeton University, about the challenges of U.S. nation-building in countries such as Venezuela.

Nashville is one of the cities hard hit by the winter storm that's been pummeling the South this weekend and is heading to New England.

Brandeis University says it is revamping its humanities offerings to focus on preparing its students for the workforce. It is one of a number of schools making such moves.

NPR's Leila Fadel looks ahead to some of the day's primary elections with J. Miles Coleman of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.

Colombia wakes up to a sharp political turn to right as Abelardo de la Espriella's preliminary victory redraws the country's path on security, economy, and peace.

Rangeland Fire Protection Districts are volunteer groups made up of neighbors who protect their property and nearby land from wildfires, especially when federal and state resources are stretched thin.

Reporter Sharyn Alfonsi is a "60 Minutes" correspondent whose contract was not renewed by CBS News. Anderson Cooper has already left. What does it mean for the storied news magazine?

The mountainous hills of Western North Carolina are welcoming athletes of a growing and dangerous sport -- downhill skateboarding.

The U.S. men's team is favored in Wednesday's must-win Round of 32 match — but they haven't beaten a European team since 2021, nor won a World Cup knockout game since 2002.

Ahead of November's midterms, we're listening to voters who will decide which party controls Congress. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to voters in Akron — part of Ohio's 13th Congressional District.

A TV version of The Rainmaker is out this week, which gave critic Linda Holmes as good a reason as any to rank the on-screen adaptations of John Grisham's legal novels.

With Israel's prime minister pushing for a full occupation of Gaza, some of Israel's exhausted soldiers are pushing back and calling for an end to the war.

Hundreds of thousands of customers in North Carolina and South Carolina are without power. One N.C. official warned that part of the state will see "between a 500-year and 1,000-year flood event."

The former president has insulated himself with his party, having sold its members over the past seven years on his baseless narrative of a deep-state conspiracy against him.