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State legislatures around the U.S. are passing bans on gender-affirming care for trans youth at a quickening pace.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., talks about the negotiations happening on Capitol Hill and at the White House over a potential government shutdown.

A vertically floating vessel and an underwater habitat could give Florida scientists greater access to oceanic research.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has launched administrative action against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain and astronaut, which could affect Kelly's rank and retirement pay.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says one of the first orders of business once Congress is back will be swearing in Democrat Adelita Grijalva, who won a special election to replace her father in Congress.

Basketball is the most popular sport among both boys and girls, but many women end up dropping the game in adulthood, even though they still love it. Injuries, work and family are three reasons why.

A new model in Vermont emphasizes hands-on learning while stripping away frills like gyms and meal plans that increase costs. Other newly created institutions are also reimagining college.

Chinese authorities keep tabs on activists in the streets and on the Internet. But microblogs are now drawing attention to some human-rights cases.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Meyer, whose latest book, Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet, follows a bequest Franklin left in his will to two cities.

For a second day devices were turned into bombs in Lebanon. The explosions are the latest in a series of attacks attributed to Israel. The Teamsters are not endorsing a 2024 presidential candidate.

The U.S. Naval Academy faces off against St. Johns College, the Great Books school, in the 41st annual croquet match in Annapolis that draws thousands to what is essentially a Gatsbyesque lawn party.

Melinda Haring, the outgoing deputy director of the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, explains to NPR's Elissa Nadworny what to expect from the Russia-Ukraine war in 2023.

The 20 states where Walgreens won't sell mifepristone include some where abortion remains legal. It's not clear whether other retail pharmacies will follow suit.

For the fifth consecutive week, Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem tops the Billboard 200 albums chart. But there's plenty of volatility beneath him on the chart.

During the pandemic, many of the youngest Americans have fallen behind socially, academically and emotionally in ways that could harm their physical and mental health for years.

Twitter employees who've quit say risks are growing of service outages, glitches and even hacks on the influential social network.

Indoor dancing in the German capital's world-renowned club scene has been shut down since early 2020. As an experiment, six clubs opened to patrons who had tested negative for the coronavirus.

Theaters have had something for everyone this summer, and fans are paying top dollar for premium formats like IMAX. There are also fewer moviegoers, fewer movies and fewer screens than there were pre-COVID.

Michael Arceneaux's new book, I Can't Date Jesus, is a collection of essays about his early years. Beyoncé, he says, taught him a valuable lesson: "Just be yourself and be very good at what you do."

In New York City, an ongoing battle over giving a minimum wage to delivery workers for apps like DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub came to a head at an hours long council hearing on Friday.

The two-time Olympian artistic swimmer from N.Y. will compete for the first time this week since passing out at the Budapest 2022 FINA World Championships last June.

It's been almost a year since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to an abortion. In Texas, one pregnant woman, who already has six children, is feeling this nationwide change acutely.

Food historian Michael Twitty chats about culinary lessons from our ancestors, how ingredients change as they migrate, and how he enjoys his soul food favorites while keeping a kosher kitchen.

In Sudan, a year and a half of devastating conflict has destroyed much of the capital and brought most of the country to the brink of famine.

A USF expert says Americans' dependence on imported produce means the country might need to intervene to ensure it's safe.