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San Francisco has a population of fewer than a million people and yet has launched a number of national political careers, including that of Kamala Harris.

Baseball fans wonder if they could end up with a New York City "subway series," while tennis fans are reflecting on the career of Rafael Nadal.

A program in Oregon teaches incarcerated youth to train dogs, manage a kennel and help pups find forever homes out in the community.

Rain coverage will increase from north to south as a front and then a storm moves through the South.

Price gouging is both difficult to define and difficult to counter.

Former Pres. Donald Trump visited Aurora, Colo., as he continues to push anti-immigrant messages as part of his presidential campaign.

NPR station photographer and New Orleans native Tyrone Turner traveled back to Louisiana to document the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

He's plush, purple, and to some Mets fans, magnificent! But why has McDonald's milkshake-hungry mascot captured the affection of so many?

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Louise Kennedy Converse, whose cheese shop in Sarasota, Fla., lost power during Hurricane Milton.

Still without running water after Helene, schools in Asheville, N.C., can't hold in-person classes. Now the school system has decided to drill its own wells.

A conservative Christian gathering on the National Mall Saturday aims to bring together anti-LGTBQ, anti-abortion, and QAnon activists.

Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Paetongtarn Shinawatra from her position as prime minister, ruling that as the country's leader she violated constitutional rules on ethics.

U.S. employers added more than a quarter million jobs in September, while the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%. Here's what to know about the data.

Florida, already hit by Hurricane Helene, is struggling to recover from Hurricane Milton.

The storms Milton and Helene have upended voting infrastructure in some swing districts of swing states.

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the legacy of Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy. She died Oct. 10 at the age of 96.

False claims about the hurricane and the government's response got millions of views on social media. Emergency management researchers say it makes it harder for useful information to surface.

Joker: Folie A Deux is a musical follow-up to Joaquin Phoenix's turn as DC Comics villain Joker, this time with Lady Gaga; and Saturday Night dramatizes the very first show of what would become SNL.

It's typical that former vice presidents have Secret Service protection for 6 months after leaving office. In Harris' case, she had received an extension of her detail. Trump is ending the extension.

The new film "A Little Prayer" tells the story of the bond between a North Carolina father and daughter-in-law.

A judge held a hearing on Friday on whether to grant Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook's request to temporarily block her termination as she challenges President Trump for his decision to fire her.

As the community around the Annunciation Catholic Church and School comes to terms with the grief of the incident, the question of how to help survivors is front of mind for many.

Earlier this week, officials announced the first U.S case of a human infected by the parasitic screwworm.

Europe's Glaciers may disappear by the end of the century.

A restaurant just outside of Birmingham, Alabama, called the Golden Rule BBQ and Grill recently broke the Guinness World Record for most pulled pork sandwiches sold in a day.