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Teachers have been navigating challenging and confusing times since education laws rolled out in 2022. In this episode, we get an update on what their classrooms have been like since.

In 2020, the murder of George Floyd spurred the Black Lives Matter movement. In the five years since, there's been a backlash against that same movement.

A new study finds men with low T who used a gel to increase the hormone did not have a higher rate of heart attacks than men on a placebo. But the anti-aging benefits are iffy.

Five years after of one of America's worst wildfires, slow and expensive recovery continues in Paradise, Calif., which could be a portent for what's ahead on fire-stricken Maui.

An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds most support the plan, but three-quarters of Republicans do not. "Listen to your constituents," President Biden says, but that may mean little to no GOP votes.

President Biden signed the spending bill Friday that contained a lot more than the funds to keep the government running. Many health initiatives were included, but why was COVID funding taken out?

A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that most Americans give President Biden low marks for his handling of the war in Ukraine, and concerns about inflation are overshadowing positive news about the economy.

Author Leah Hager Cohen says it's time to stop faking your way through conversations. "Once you finally own up to what you don't know, then you can begin to have honest interactions with the people around you," she explains.

Robert reads from listeners' letters about our Halloween story, and about politics in West Virginia.

Four years after it was recorded live in Lucerne, Switzerland, an album of six standards called Somewhere is finally getting a proper release.

Superintendent Terry Connor said he is hopeful that most teachers will be able to find a position in the county next school year, as some retire and others move out of the area.

Geoff Brumfiel, the physics guy on our science desk, helps us land on the right answer.

A record number of Americans have health insurance right now, but experts worry it won't last. millions of people are set to lose Medicaid, and some states have already begun to send warning letters.

When most children in the foster care system turn 18, they’re on their own…Today, we’ll hear from a young man in a Miami supportive housing program...

Does talking to a cute stranger make your palms sweat? Confidence coach Regina Bonds offers advice on to how to put yourself out there, including how to show interest without coming off as creepy.

Federal taxpayers will pay the lion's share of the restoration for the Jersey shore damage caused by Sandy. But since most of those who will benefit are private landowners on the shore, one N.J. lawmaker wants to prohibit the shore towns from charging access fees to their public beaches.

With subsidies that help people pay their health insurance premiums set to expire, health care shoppers face staggering prices. Lawmakers are running out of time to agree on a solution.

Lots of speculators are jockeying to get in on the hot market. Sometime they call homeowners multiple times a day. It can be an invasive nuisance, or worse.

Scrutiny mounts on U.S.-based company OceanGate Expeditions after an implosion is believed to have killed five men aboard a submersible that triggered a multinational search and rescue effort.

Michigan is one of only a handful of Republican-led states that is expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. It did it by forging a plan that worked for Republicans, Democrats and business interests, as well as doctors and hospitals.

Billion-dollar paydays are more likely now — but that doesn't mean you're more likely to win one. Lotteries are "a purely entertainment product," an expert tells NPR.

Last of five episodes. We follow the Planet Money oil to a gas station. And we ask: What would our world look like if there were no fossil fuels?

Most readers spend a lot of time happily immersed in words. But for a change of pace, these gorgeous art books provide hours of blissful visual diversion.

With a Grammys comeback performance, an unannounced 'SNL' visit, and an Olympic un-retirement, women were center stage this week. Sorry, Swifties, this time we're not talking about Taylor.

Since 2018, over 75,000 victims have lost $28 million to IRS imposters over the phone, email, texts and more. Here's how the IRS actually contacts taxpayers and how you can spot imposters.