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Tampa Bay's season ends as rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels leads Washington to Zane Gonzalez's 37-yard winning kick, which clanged off the right upright and went through as time expired.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Yale professor Alicia Schmidt Camacho and NPR correspondent Franco Ordoñez about Latin American migration into the U.S. and government policies trying to address it.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Tracy Borman, royal historian and author of Crown and Sceptre, about the life and legacy of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the NFL's embrace of gambling, a stolen Jackie Robinson statue, the NHL allowing hockey players back in the Olympics, and the NHL all-star game.

A line of heavy thunderstorms is crossing the Florida Peninsula this morning and is likely to continue throughout the day.Portions of the Tampa Bay area…

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in Minnesota are putting forth bills to change the voting process in the state.

Newbery Medal-winning author Kwame Alexander's new effort is a novel about a 12-year-old boy named Nick, written in verse. He says poetry is one key to keeping kids invested in what they're reading.

He helped pave the way for the renegade genre known as blaxpolitation, with movies that were bitingly funny, sexually swaggering and occasionally violent, that put Black protagonists front and center.

As Sandy barreled down on Atlantic City, N.J., the owner of the Ducktown Tavern defiantly stayed open, just like he did a year ago during Hurricane Irene.

NPR has been receiving tips about detentions at the Ambassador Bridge in Michigan. An inquiry by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., revealed more that 200 detentions this year, including American children.

Before the new year's hype cycle takes over, here are ten albums at risk of being overlooked that are worth adding to your list for 2013.

The two-time Wimbledon champion's withdrawal from the men's semifinal means he loses his opportunity to expand his Grand Slam record to 23rd titles.

On its first full-length album, the Melbourne duo's mostly upbeat music is filled with questions about desire and life's priorities.

Some of the laid-off workers receiving government help to pay for their COBRA health coverage are seeing those subsidies run out. Congress has yet to vote on an extension and employers and workers are worried about the future.

Forecasters say heavy rainfall from Grace could impact portions of Cuba, the Bahamas, and Florida by mid to late week — but the forecast uncertainty is much higher than usual.

Despite the deadly attack, President Biden pledged that the U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan will continue.

Launched shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Hubble telescope isn't showing its age. Astronomers and other fans hope this old charmer will be useful for many years to come.

Juneteenth—June 19—commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It became a federal holiday in 2021, but early celebrations date back to the 1860s.Today, Americans observe Juneteenth with festivals, family and of course, food. So we invited influencer Kiva Williams, a.k.a. the Fun Foodie Mama, to share some of her favorite Juneteenth culinary traditions.

This week we’re exploring a subject that’s important for us all to understand: food sovereignty. If you’re fuzzy on what that term means, don’t worry. Here to help us break it down is Prof. William Schanbacher. He teaches religious studies at the University of South Florida, and he directs the USF Food Sovereignty Initiative.

Chef LaKisha Harris of Michigan shares how following her own path helped her cook up success. You'll also learn the surprising origin of fried chicken and why Chef Harris says the most authentic form of soul food is actually vegan food.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley about the next round of talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal.

To win the White House, the Harris-Walz ticket will need to appeal to voters in purple areas, and maybe even red ones. We asked Democrats who live in those parts of the country what could make that happen.

Wearing cowboy boots and bolo ties, Steve Schlairat and Ozzie Russ exchanged wedding vows as they stood beside two saddles perched atop bales of hay on a…

A harsh new report on the state of the nation's oceans and coastal areas calls for a massive overhaul of the laws and agencies meant to keep those waters healthy. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

The Labor Department's employment figures for the month of December are a bit stronger than expected. And economists expect the labor market will remain relatively strong despite a slide in the housing industry.