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Off-year elections are happening Tuesday in a number of states, with headline races in Virginia, New Jersey, and California.

Gospel music has always played a big role in American culture. Now, the music's wide-ranging history is being celebrated at Nashville's new Museum of Christian & Gospel Music.

Travis Kelce is teaming up with activist investors in hopes of transforming the embattled theme park operator Six Flags. No word yet on a Taylor Swift-themed rollercoaster.

Gustavo Petro faces fierce opposition from what he views as Colombia's deeply conservative deep state.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he'll face questions about responsibility for Palestinian deaths when the war is over, but there are signs that that reckoning is already approaching.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the communist revolution in China. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Helen Zia, who wrote a book about the Chinese who fled the revolution.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with new Michigan State University President Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr. about taking over the university following the Larry Nassar abuse controversy.

As the new school year begins, mixed immigration status families face heightened fears about ICE enforcement near schools, creating anxiety that extends far beyond the classroom.

When the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly removed from her post this year, some Democratic lawmakers called it "a political hit job." Now that ambassador is telling her side of the story.

Police in Marion, Kan., raided the lone paper in town. Amidst a national outcry of violations of press freedom, new details suggest the police chief may have been the focus of the paper's reporting.

Despite a rise in religious doctrine from the government, a recent survey shows a dip in the portion of people identifying as religious, compared with a poll in 2008.

Many Millennials are either already in their 40s or about to enter a new decade of life. Are they having a midlife crisis, and if so, does that look like it has for generations past?

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with three women, all Democrats, about Kamala Harris' historic candidacy and why they plan on voting for her.

Understaffing at air traffic control towers has affected flights this week. But the The National Air Traffic Controllers Association president says worker shortages are nothing new.

The idea of asking kids to collect coins for needy children abroad was born of one couple's desire to add meaning to Halloweening. Some say it's now more important than ever.

Last night, eight of the Republican candidates running for president took the debate stage for the first time. They had one major point of disagreement: Russia's war on Ukraine.

A reporter reflects on two years and two days of war, and the mixed feelings of hope and skepticism now in Israel and Gaza.

A hundred years ago, Maryland's first state forester challenged residents to find the state's biggest tree. Now the contest is back. Scott Detrow speaks with Joli McCathran of the Big Tree Program.

Two Major League Baseball pitchers have been indicted on charges they took bribes to give bettors advance notice of the types of pitches they'd throw and intentionally tossed balls instead of strikes.

831 Stories is all-in on the romance genre, and the founders are cultivating a whole world around the books they publish, complete with fanfiction and merchandise.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to reporter Greg Bluestein about Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who says her party needs to end the government shutdown and work with Democrats on health care.

A growing group of content creators are trying to counteract misleading and false wellness claims online from influencers hawking supplements and unproven remedies.

The White House has ordered several deadly strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., about why he's calling for a hearing on the missions.

With one month until Election Day and early voting underway, here's what NPR voting correspondent Miles Parks is focusing on.

Published months after her death, Virginia Roberts Giuffre's memoir illustrates how "victims of sexual trafficking are not born, they are made," says her collaborator.