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Young people in Gaza have seen their lives upended since the beginning of the conflict in Israel.

The South Carolina Republican, a prominent figure in Congress, dropped his own bid for president in November. Now Scott is throwing his support behind former President Donald Trump.

On April 8, 13 states from Texas to Maine will be in the path of totality.

It's the Jetsons 2.0. A number of electric flying car companies are setting up shop in Ohio. A half dozen are working in its southwestern region to be near the necessary tech and weather patterns.

During the pandemic a trend in other countries caught on with wealthy Iraqis: buying lions for keeping at home.

Officials said that some farmers may have avoided additional devastating losses from Helene, but only because they had not yet replanted after Debby hit just eight weeks before.

Nguyen and his family fled their village in South Vietnam in 1975. He won the Pulitzer Prize this year for The Sympathizer, a spy novel set during and just after the war in Vietnam.

In 2002, with rural unrest spreading, Chinese authorities permitted more local elections. Wan Shuguang, a peasant in central China, was elected village chief. He tried to make government more transparent, especially in financial matters. As his three-year term ends, his optimism has ebbed.

On the 50th anniversary of Thornton Wilder's play The Matchmaker, Tony Award-winner Andrea Martin stars as Dolly Levi at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. Still best known for her sketch comedy work on SCTV, Martin talks with NPR's Liane Hansen about her stage and screen career.

Stefan Shepherd of the children's music blog Zooglobble says music for the smaller set is the new punk rock of the industry: Some of the best artists are cutting records "on their own time and their own dime." He shares some of his favorite new CDs.

Have you filed your tax return? The 2023 deadline is Tuesday, April 18. Most taxpayers are getting hundreds of dollars less in refunds than they did last year.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with poet Raquel Salas Rivera for National Poetry Month.

This week's selection of articles and essays covers a surprising economic fact about seniors, the psychological damage done to juveniles in solitary and a look at the South Carolina church shooting.

At the Minnesota State Fair, Army recruiters are trying to entice young men and women to sign up. But they are facing serious challenges.

The Trump administration would like to impose time limits on how long people can get federal rental subsidies, NPR has learned. A handful of places already do it. NPR visited one to see how it works.

A Japanese company sent liquor samples to the International Space Station. Unfortunately for the astronauts, they won't be able to celebrate the arrival of the stash with a toast.

Though the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Biden's plan for broad-based student loan relief, Black political leaders and activists continue their fight for debt cancelation.

All over Ukraine, the attacks from Russia are taking a toll on the people. The Jewish community is turning to their rabbis for shelter and security.

Baghdad Girl, a blog run by a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, puts her love of cats on display. But occasional references to the violence around her prompt much concern from her faithful readers... and offer a bittersweet window into Iraqi life.

For StoryCorps, Erin Haggerty spoke with her father, George Barlow, about how his words saw her through the tough times she faced as one of the only Black kids in her Iowa City community.

Donald Trump won the election largely on the promise of cracking down on border crossings. When he takes office next week, he will be inheriting a quiet border, with crossings plummeting for the past few months.

For Dry January, a former pop critic for The New Yorker suggests great songs about not drinking. Many are by musicians who have been sober for decades.

A group of Democratic state senators are among those calling for an apology from Governor Ron DeSantis, after he said farmworkers’ lifestyle is…

Less than a day after the Trump administration slashed funding for addiction and mental health programs nationwide, the money was restored. Here's how this whiplash played out in Alabama.

Closing arguments are expected Thursday in the child sex-abuse trial of Jerry Sandusky. The defense for the former Penn State assistant football coach rested Wednesday without Sandusky taking the stand. Sandusky denies charges that he sexually abused ten boys over 15 years.