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As the Senate prepares to vote on a bill to rescind $40 billion in promised foreign aid, critics of the measure say a thorough governmental review of targeted programs did not actually take place.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said every person held at Florida's Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention facility has been issued a final order saying they must be deported. Lawyers say he's wrong.

Wimberley, Texas, was the site of a devastating flash flood on Memorial Day weekend in 2015. Now, 10 years later, the town has rebuilt with such floods in mind — but still feels the emotional effects.

Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.

To run for president as an independent candidate, conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. needs to get on ballots, a complicated and expensive state-by-state undertaking.

It is not uncommon for political commentators to call a late-breaking story during a presidential election an "October surprise" — even when there is little evidence that it mattered all that much.

Climate change is heating oceans faster than the world's coral reefs can handle. So scientists are breeding corals that can withstand hotter temperatures – but only to a point.

Is the much-hyped sequel to Renaissance a country album? In many ways, yes — but it's also a sprawling collage of disparate references, while remaining a Beyoncé album at its heart.

More than half of young adults feel anxious, angry and powerless over climate change, a recent survey found. But there are ways to help turn that distress around. Here's how to give them a try.

A lot has changed for pediatric bionic arms in the last 10 years. Many of those developments have come from local organizations, like UCF's Limbitless Solutions, leading the way.

NPR has interviewed neighbors and relatives of one of the attackers and reviewed footage and information the Israeli military says it collected from villages and militants.

In confirmation hearings for his nomination as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the focus was on domestic issues. The agency has a vast global scope as well.

Two years after derailment, toxic chemicals still roll through East Palestine.

Mental health professionals warn that the quality and level of mental health care people in western North Carolina receive in the coming months will be critical.

Russia has proposed another attempt at peace negotiations with Ukraine on Monday in Istanbul, but both sides remain firmly entrenched in positions likely to prolong the war.

Monday's 11-minute flight featured the first all-female crew since 1963. Here's what else to know about it.

In the latest update from the special counsel's investigation, documents in the case of President Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen were filed in a New York federal court on Friday.

Changing from gas to climate-friendly electric appliances often involves expensive retrofits. A growing list of companies offer stoves, heat pumps and water heaters that make it easier and cheaper.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has yet to decide on a Florida law and regulations that Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature made a priority in 2023 as judges were waiting on the high court to decide this case.

On "The Florida Roundup," Kate Payne with AP and Ted Hesson with Reuters talk about how the Everglades facility has been called temporary, but the timeline of its existence is unknown.

La cárcel de Clearwater es el centro de detención designado en la región de Tampa Bay para aquellos sospechosos de encontrarse en el país de forma irregular.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Russell Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, about President Trump's proposed spending plan, and what it might mean for a possible second term.

Craig Messinger was a longtime eyeglass salesman in the Philadelphia suburbs. The beloved father drowned in his car in 2021 at the age of 70, during a flash flood. His daughter remembers him, and reflects on how climate change played a role in his death. This is part of a series of short obituaries for people who have died in recent climate-driven disasters.

Donating tissue is full of contradictions: A gift of generosity fuels a $1 billion industry.