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The 21-year-old American star battled back over three sets to defeat the world's top-ranked player, Aryna Sabalenka. Gauff is the first American to win at Roland-Garros since Serena Williams in 2015.

Hurricane Irma's projected path is moving west and state leaders are urging Floridians to prepare for the worst.Evacuation orders have been issued and…

"Ruby Bridges," a movie based on the story of a 6-year old girl’s experience of school integration in New Orleans during the 1960s, will continue to be shown as part of Pinellas County Schools’ curriculum.

After South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem's daughter was denied a real estate appraiser's license in the state, an official overseeing that program says she was forced into early retirement.

Henry, a 71-year-old neurosurgeon and public official, had been appointed prime minister two days before the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse but hadn't been sworn in.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Patrick Redford, who covers cycling and other sports for Defector, about the top storylines in the 2021 Tour de France, which ends this weekend.

Top health care regulators in Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration on Friday discussed a limited reopening of nursing homes and other long-term care…

Jane Sherron De Hart's biography sheds light on personal and professional challenges Ginsburg faced on the way to the top and puts the Supreme Court justice's life in context.

Seven Republicans crossed the aisle top vote for former President Trump's conviction, but the party's leaders in Congress continued a pattern of criticism without consequences.

A new report alleges ousted former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was directly involved in the enforced disappearances of thousands of people.

After the publication of a Signal chat with plans for striking Houthi rebels in Yemen, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee grilled officials over their handling of national security, while Republicans urged a focus on the mission's success.

At a Friday hearing, Florida lawmakers demanded answers from the former and current state insurance commissioners. They wanted to now why a worrisome report about insurance companies was kept confidential for years.

After the InSight lander had trouble drilling a sophisticated thermometer into the Martian surface, a Plan B also didn't work, and the instrument ended up backing itself out of the ground.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Antwan Owens, Jackson State University college football player, about his NIL endorsement contract and the new frontier of college sports.

After Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was mysteriously hospitalized, doctors from Walter Reed National Military Center say he is being treated for prostate cancer.

An El Niño has formed amid the warmer-than-normal waters in the tropical Pacific. Now it's a question of how intense the phenomenon will be and where effects like heat and drought will strike.

Florida wild corals rescued from disease spent a year in Orlando gaining health and are now at a New Jersey aquarium for long-term care.

We asked 137 jazz journalists to pick their favorite albums that came out this year. Out of over 700 nominees, here are their collective top 50 picks, along with top finishers in the Latin jazz, vocal, debut and reissue categories.

It's an extraordinary show of discipline for a congressional committee, with a minimum of showboating, yielding hearings that resemble Dateline NBC or investigative podcasts.

The storming of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump extremists has shocked America's allies, and prompted denunciations. They've called it an assault on democracy, and urged a peaceful transfer of power.

The U.K. said its claim is based on an intelligence assessment. Russia has massed tens of thousands of troops near the Ukraine border, stoking fears of an invasion.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with sports journalist Michele Steele about a big opening game in college football, a momentous NFL transfer and the superstar engagement that made headlines this week.

Palestinians in the West Bank live amid garbage following Israeli restrictions. Two Palestinian entrepreneurs are trying to make a change.

From his first cooking apprenticeship at France's Grand Hotel de L'Europe to teaching home cooks how to perfect a cheese souffle on PBS, chef Jacques Pepin's career in food has spanned six decades. He culls his favorite dishes from his years in the kitchen in his new book, Essential Pepin.

Mass evacuations and recovery efforts continue in Maui after deadly wildfires. The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend.