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Families of Uvalde school shooting victims are suing Texas state troopers over the botched police response to the attack. The city is divided between pressing for accountability and moving on.

People without easy access to capital are getting into housing development in Philadelphia, as part of a program designed to create more affordable housing and boost non-traditional developers.

DeSantis said he's glad Florida can take a back seat in the Trump administration's war to quash undocumented immigration during a Brevard County press conference.

Dressing up for trick or treat will also cost you. While the Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn't track the price of costumes, the prices of clothing and homemade sewing supplies have risen too.

Voting ends Tuesday in Virginia on a ballot measure that would lead to a new congressional map for the state. These new districts could provide Democrats a big boost ahead of the midterms.

At 85, Eunice Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, is still working tirelessly to open opportunities to people with mental retardation. In 40 years, the games have grown to reach 2.25 million people in 160 countries.

Even as sombr and Rosalía hit new career highs, there's a major churn taking place just below the top 10, as a wave of Christmas songs begin their ascent.

As participants at all levels resume their sports, what risks do their hearts carry if they’ve had COVID? Initial data shows the risk may be low but still possibly deadly.

Rachel Weaver worked for the Forest Service in Alaska where she scaled towering trees to study nature. But in 2006, she woke up and felt like she was being spun in a hurricane. Her memoir is Dizzy.

President Biden vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add federal judgeships. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to chief judge Randy Crane of the Southern District of Texas, who supported the vetoed JUDGES Act.

Donald Trump supporters on TikTok are using "Not Ready to Make Nice" by The Chicks to soundtrack their opposition to Kamala Harris. We explore the deeper history of the song.

President Biden seeks to shore up America's alliances in Europe. Ukrainian commanders, released by Russia, return to Ukraine. A federal court bans gender-affirming care for Tennessee minors.

The Little Mermaid Second Screen Live has opened in select theaters across the country. Children are encouraged to bring their iPad to the theater, and during the movie they become part of the story, play games and compete with the audience.

Our cultural concierge, Jesse Kornbluth, recommends checking out the late standup comedian Mitch Hedberg if you need some laughs to brighten the dark winter days. Hedberg died at age 37 in 2005.

In Afghanistan, a crisis is mounting. Taliban insurgents are targeting Afghan citizens who aided U.S. forces.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with George Floyd's brother, Philonise, and the Floyd family attorney, Benjamin Crump, about Derek Chauvin's sentence of 22 1/2 years for the murder of George Floyd.

Broad swaths of the Amazon Rainforest burned this year. An NPR correspondent met one character deep in the rainforest who told him something that didn't end up in a radio story but stuck with him.

A new study reports on a novel way to short-circuit the parasite that spreads the disease so people wouldn't get infected with a mosquito's bite.

NPR's Emily Feng talks with the German-Syrian duo Shkoon, who are returning to their roots with the release of their new album FIRAQ.

In this week's Behind Closed Doors, television broadcaster Lee Thomas talks about his book Turning White: A Memoir of Change and how his experience with Vitiligo made him realize that beauty is more than skin deep.

Globally, farmers struggle with a huge problem: pests. WUWM reporter Lina Tran reports how researchers in the Midwest are inventing new forms of pest detection that involve eavesdropping on insects.

Wire hangers have become more expensive since the government set import tariffs on cheaper hangers from China. Dry cleaning operators nationwide are asking customers to return their hangers to help keep costs down.

The Israel Defense Forces said its fighter jets struck two Hamas military compounds early Wednesday morning.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Diana Rastegayeva about starting a service to help people in her community access vaccines during her maternity leave, which has now snowballed into a whole operation.

Republican Rep. Francis Rooney of Florida talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the idea of the Iran deal as a template for any agreement to denuclearize North Korea.