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You've heard the saying, "Blood is thicker than water," but for many people, family is not just about blood or DNA — it's about deep connections.

How are people consuming news these days -- and how is that changing?We recently welcomed an audience from Leadership Tampa into our studio for a taping…

Macy's is furloughing most of its tens-of-thousands of employees. Ro Worrall, a Macy's employee in Portland, Ore., for the past five years, is one of the workers laid off.

NPR's Noel King talks to Director Heidi Ewing and actor Armando Espitia about their film Te Llevo Conmigo or I Carry You With Me. It's also a story about what the two men left behind in Mexico.

Lawmakers moved a step closer Wednesday to dividing up more than $750 million to meet the conservation demands of Amendment 1. The House and Senate are...

Many of those views may have been involuntary. Rick-rolling, for those who don't know, is when you prank people by sending them a link to that song, disguised as something else.

What happens when millions of Americans don't pay the rent? Landlords don't get paid, and they pass on the debt to someone else. NPR's Planet Money follows the chain of non-payment all the way.

The House can't do legislative business until it elects a new speaker. Their growing to-do list includes keeping the government open, as well as policy issues like Ukraine aid and defense spending.

A Florida congressman wants the federal government to consider a Florida Springs National Park. Environmental stakeholders are skeptical.

AT&T workers are on strike across the south. Their union says the company refuses to bargain on a new contract with higher wages and healthcare benefits.

German health authorities claim great success in testing and contact tracing, even pinpointing the country's first coronavirus transmission to the passing of a salt shaker in a Bavarian mess hall.

Mosquito season isn't officially here yet, but they are starting to appear already.And this year, there's a new question: can mosquitoes spread…

Experts answer a round of finance questions from NPR's audience, including how to financially support a friend with Stage 4 cancer and how to stop paying for your parents.

Fred Ho has combined improvisation with Asian themes to create his own form of political activism. Now, at age 56, Ho is dying of cancer.

In crafting Sgt. Pepper's, producer George Martin, engineer Geoff Emerick and the Fab Four pushed the recording-studio technology of the late '60s to its limits.

One of the smallest tribes in the U.S. has been given some of its land back. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Tom Little Bear Nason of the Esselen Tribe in California.

As businesses reopen, many workers are worried for their health and would rather stay on unemployment. Many parents can't return to a workplace because they have no child care. What are your options?

While recent polling suggests public opinion is weighing against the GOP's approach to the government shutdown, the message is very different for Republican congressmen from deeply conservative districts. The word from back home is to continue to take a hard line. That's the case in one district in the northwest corner of Georgia, which is home to Congressman Tom Graves, a leader of the defund Obamacare movement in the House who was elected in 2010.

New CEO Will Lewis tried to stop the paper from publishing a story about allegations he faces in Britain. It wasn't the first time he's attempted to head off unwanted coverage. I know, because he tried to do that to me in December.

Interior Department employees say they have been scrambling to keep the lights on and do their jobs as budget cuts driven by the Department of Government efficiency team start to bite.

A year ago, Myanmar soldiers launched what the U.S. and the U.N. say was a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims. "I would rather drink poison than go back to Myanmar," says a refugee.

Last year, a cajun dance hall in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, called La Poussiere, allegedly denied entry to an African-American patron. The federal Justice Deptartment has sued the club saying it violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act. We traveled to the region to investigate the case...and to talk about race relations with the whites and blacks who live there. This is part one of a piece that continues in the second half hour of the show.

There's a subtle but profound shift underway in how Americans resolve disputes over the environment. After years of fighting in court and in Congress, adversaries are starting to come together to hammer out consensus solutions. It's a trend many see as hopeful, but others question whether consensus-building really benefits the environment. NPR's David Baron has the first in a three-part series examining the pros and cons of negotiating environmental policy.

Sixteen-year-old Alia Stavrand Woolf says if she has to pay taxes like an adult on her wages, and can now be treated like an adult in court, she should be able to vote. Unlike many voting-age people, Alia cares deeply about many issues and has spent a great deal of time learning about the candidates, and she really wants to vote.

The use of tech to track and police our kids in school is growing and privacy experts say the trade-offs aren't worth it.