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Fireworks, hot dog-eating contests, picnics and community celebrations are all part of how the Tampa Bay area will enjoy Independence Day in 2026.

The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will end a mortgage rescue plan that has saved many veterans from needlessly losing their homes, the move could strand thousands of others who need help.

The Americans and the Europeans have different approaches to horse racing, and one key split is over the question of doping. While many drugs are allowed in the U.S., they are banned in European racing.

It's cold outside, but we've got 50 Wonderful Things from 2017 listed on our blog. Plus, the Pop Culture Happy Hour panel digs into some of the stuff that made it a year worth watching and reading.

Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post talks about the widening Russia investigation, reported to include Trump. And we hear from neighbors of the gunman who shot at Republican members of Congress.

The pop star has always loved out-trolling her trolls. But Doja Cat's fourth album and dramatic rollout pushes that persona further, interpreting her antics through a playfully demonic lens.

Ariel and her pals have been given a live-action makeover in The Little Mermaid.

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners inside NPR and explains how we do our journalism. Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated parts of the Gulf Coast, Greg Allen reflects on covering the catastrophe in New Orleans and digs into the archives, for this week's Reporter's Notebook.

The worst floods that Bangladesh has seen in decades occurred in August, displacing millions. Many people are still struggling to rebuild their lives and find sources of income.

From the comedian and digital director of The Onion, a satirical self-help book for anyone who has a black friend, wants to be the next black president or speak for the black community.

From the comedian and digital director of The Onion, a satirical self-help book for anyone who has a black friend, wants to be the next black president or speak for the black community.

Maryanne Zeleznik of member station WNKU reports that jailers in Kentucky can now charge inmates up to $50 per night plus administrative fees for their stay in the county jail. Supporters say the income will take some of tax burden off law-abiding citizens and hope that the additional penalty will act as a deterrent to potential law-breakers. Opponents believe that the additional financial burden could lead former inmates back to a life of crime to pay for their jail time.

In many places, kindergartners are as likely to be chronically absent as high school seniors, but one school district in rural California is doing something about it.

The value of Afghanistan's currency is tumbling, exacerbating a severe economic crisis and deepening poverty in a country where more than half the population already doesn't have enough to eat.

The top tourist destination in Peru is the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu. Not so well known is that the capital Lima also holds many ancient ruins — so many that that they can't all be taken care of.

In Bethel, Alaska, cars can only get in or out by plane or barge, and the remoteness makes them hard to maintain. But that hasn't stopped car lovers there from putting together a car show.

A provision of the U.S. Senate’s version of the reconciliation bill that would cap a tax that helps states pay for Medicaid is facing a roadblock.

Transportation Security Administration agents and air traffic controllers are working without pay throughout the government shutdown.

Patients can now pay cash to get the popular weight loss drug Wegovy as a daily pill, rather than a weekly injection.

Many public sector workers go into the civil service expecting lower pay but stronger benefits.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ambassador Dan Feldman, who knew impeachment witness David Holmes from 2007-2015. He respected Holmes even after Holmes filed a constructive dissent against his office.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with two parents who are each raising a transgender child in Texas about Gov. Greg Abbott's directive to investigate certain gender affirming care as child abuse.

Private, isolating thoughts have always been central in Sophie Allison's songs, but Sometimes, Forever breaks new ground, using the studio to blow those feelings up to arresting scale.

The off-Broadway play Every Brilliant Thing tackles its dark subject through audience participation and comedy. Both critics and audience members have described it as incredibly moving.

James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water led ticket sales in movie theaters for the sixth straight weekend, making it the first film to have such a reign atop the box office since 2009's Avatar.