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The Kurdish community in France is reeling from a triple killing, just as they prepare to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of another deadly shooting. Few believe it was a lone-wolf attack.

Big dairy farms are profiting from California's tougher limits on greenhouse emissions. They're getting paid to capture methane from cow manure. But critics say the system subsidizes polluters.

A new CDC study finds that people who provide unpaid care for their children or adult loved ones are twice as likely as noncaregivers to have experienced depression or anxiety, or thoughts of suicide.

The Trump administration has stopped a longstanding practice of allowing immigrants who are challenging deportation to do so while free on bond. Officials now say they should all remain in detention.

A computer keyboard "unlocked my mind from its silent cage," Elizabeth Bonker told her fellow graduates. She urged them to serve others, citing Rollins College's most famous alum: Fred Rogers.

Cooling stations and medical staff will be set up along the parade route to help prevent heat-related injuries.

When Matthew López thought about adapting the acclaimed book into a movie, he he had a very clear idea about what a central sex scene should look like.

While Russia eyes a union with the former Soviet Republic of Belarus, the U.S. secretary of state makes a rare visit to Minsk.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney took part in a forum on the Spanish-language television network Thursday night in Miami. He's also hosting a rally for Latino supporters in Miami. NPR's Scott Horsley tells Audie Cornish about the night.

With a tentative deal between lawmakers and unions, California's poised to become the first state with a $15 minimum wage. The move avoids a ballot measure that would have required a faster increase.

The indictment of lawyer and lobbyist Gregory Craig, a former Obama White House counsel, is sending a shockwave through the ranks of those who represent foreign entities.

Alphabeta, a new art supply store that sells cans of spray paint and provides a space for graffiti artists to showcase their work, has only been open for three weeks. But one New York councilman is already seeing red.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Trump ally Steve Bannon about the president's agenda at home and abroad.

Both the U.S. government and BP have estimates on just how much oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon explosion in 2010. The problem: They reached two different numbers. At stake is up to $18 billion in fines and penalties under federal environmental laws.

Ethical investing is popular with many Americans. But what is it exactly? NPR's Life Kit it breaks down.

Justice Department officials speak out about a rise in homicides and shootings in many places across the country. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the federal government stands ready to help.

President Obama makes the case for economic policies that would benefit women amid hopes that women will turn out for Democrats on Election Day.

Chicago teachers will hit the picket line Thursday morning. The teachers' union voted to go on strike after delegates rejected the school district's contract proposals.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is shaking up another important scientific panel, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is funding efforts to elect more women to public office through her company, Pivotal Ventures.

Toxic stress in childhood can lead to a lifetime of health problems and, ultimately, a shorter life. Here's what schools can do to help.

Historian Mary Beard says many of our popular notions about the empire are based on culture — like the play Julius Caesar or the film Gladiator — rather than fact. Her new book is called SPQR.

The bills would also use some of the money to keep agricultural lands from being developed and pay for clean water projects.

Barkskins follows two loggers' stories over three centuries. Proulx says the forest is the hero of her book, but it's also "one facet of larger things, like climate change and the melting of the ice."

Dr. Vivek Murthy tells NPR: "The reality is that loneliness is a natural signal that our body gives us, similar to hunger, thirst. And that's how important human connection is."