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NPR gets a rare glimpse inside the Israeli-occupied zone of devastated Gaza.

Moderate Democrats made a political calculation to end the shutdown but try to keep health care in the spotlight.

Car trouble can set off a financial crisis for low-income people. In Dallas, a small nonprofit is trying to help, one car repair at a time.

NPR's Tamara Keith steps into the cocktail bar Death & Co in Washington, D.C., to find out which movie-inspired drinks will set the mood for New Year's Eve.

Funeral directors in 15 states can now offer "water cremation," in which bodies are dissolved in a chemical solution. Some see it as more eco-friendly and less traumatic than consumption by flame.

Violent storms and tornadoes swept across Iowa on Tuesday, leaving multiple people dead and dozens injured. The city of Greenfield in southwestern Iowa took a direct hit from a powerful twister.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office in New York City after midnight Thursday. The city's first Muslim mayor, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has promised to focus on affordability and fairness.

Ukraine's power plant employees are battling to keep the infrastructure running in the face of Russian attacks.

Head of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi says the financial crisis has exposed the inadequacy of the euro monetary union. The head of the European Central Bank says flaws in the system need to be fixed.

From tracking down a turkey to sharing a piece of home with new friends, Americans living overseas share how they celebrate Thanksgiving.

Congestion pricing was introduced on Sunday morning in the center of New York City — despite a late attempt by New Jersey to stop it in court.

In the 1950s and '60s, rock climber Royal Robbins put up big wall routes on cliffs in the Yosemite Valley that nobody had ever imagined. He also wrote influential books on climbing, and helped change rock climbing practices to be more environmentally sensitive. Robbins died on Tuesday at the age of 82.

New military standards for grooming and appearance have some worried about religious and racial discrimination, particularly the guidance that men must be clean shaven.

In Northern Ireland, preacher and politician Ian Paisley died on Friday. Robert Siegel speaks with Paisley's biographer, Ed Moloney, about his legacy.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Army Chief of Staff Randy George to step down and retire. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with The Atlantic's Nancy Youssef.

When the Ford Model T first hit the road in the early 20th century, it didn’t just change how Americans got around. It transformed the country itself.

Ahead of a Supreme Court case, U.S. Catholic bishops have filed a brief in support of birthright citizenship, arguing that its absence would "increase the susceptibility of children to statelessness."

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Tomas {TAHM-us} Philipson, a former senior economic adviser in President Trump's first term, about the impact of the president's wartime threats on the global economy.

Swalwell's resignation follows allegations of sexual assault and misconduct made by multiple women against the California Democrat.

The young man who killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket last year will spend the rest of his life in jail. He intentionally targeted the market because it was frequented by Black people.

The Pentagon is ramping up its support of Ukraine in its war against Russia. The Defense Department is sending another $3 billion to Ukraine. That brings total U.S. aid to more than $13 billion.

Spufford's new novel centers a young woman in sexist World War II England as she navigates romance, tries to survive the nightly bombings of the Blitz and fights time-traveling fascists.

Florida's unemployment was 3.4% in May, down 0.1% from the month before.The state released employment figures Friday showing there are 353,000 jobless…

Florida tourism officials say a record number of visitors came to the state last year. Visit Florida, the state's official tourism marketing corporation,…

The Labor Department on Friday said the nation's jobless rate fell to 6.7 percent as U.S. employers added 74,000 jobs to payrolls while more Americans stopped looking for work in December. In November, the unemployment rate was 7 percent.