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The amount of time people spend on digital devices is soaring — to the point that several countries treat internet addiction as a public health crisis. But some users are turning to ancient religious practices to be more mindful of their time online.

Criticized for its high cost but still selling out nearly everywhere, Nintendo's sequel to their popular Switch console releases as a trade war squeezes the video game industry.

In a wide-ranging interview with NPR about his memoir, the rock star shares that at 72 years old, he's finally ready to look back. He offers thoughts on his royal friends, drug use and cell phones.

Dana Shuster was a celebrated Vietnam war-era military nurse who wrote poetry about her experiences. One of her poems was read by Vice President Al Gore when the Vietnam Women's Memorial was dedicated in 1993. But it turns out she was never a nurse, never in the military and never in Vietnam.

NPR's A Martinez speaks to former Ohio Congressman Steven Stivers about the stakes for next year's elections.

Children who were injured in a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade six months ago have healed physically, but the memory of that violent day remains.

In 2017, Eileen Freiberg-Dale's husband, Barney, had a serious bicycle accident that caused a brain injury. Those first few months were among the hardest of her life. A friend offered support.

Sen. Lauren Book's measure would create an Office of Child Representation to provide lawyers who will represent children in certain situations.

Rev. Russell Levenson, Jr. got to know former President George H.W. Bush and his wife over more than a decade. He said how they lived their faith can serve as a roadmap for anyone, religious or not.

Farai Chideya talks with journalist and author Steve Bogira about his book Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse. Bogira spent an entire year in Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courthouse, observing the criminal justice system and the men and women on both sides of the dock.

Once a bustling town, Lancaster, Ohio, is now beset by unemployment, low wages and drug abuse. Brian Alexander chronicles the rise and fall of his hometown in his new book, Glass House.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with UNICEF spokesperson James Elder about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the extreme risk to children.

President Biden's education nominee has spent most of his professional career as a public school educator in the city where he grew up: Meriden, Conn.

Nathan Allen, who resigned as a vice president at New College in 2024, says it’s “nuts” to assume $53 million in debt against no added revenue, yet “that's what's happening.”

The idea is to make it easy for Facebook users to beef up their own preparedness and strengthen their social connections in case something goes really wrong, such as a pandemic or serious earthquake.

The UN says about a million people have fled the southern city of Rafah since Israeli forces invaded there earlier this month. People are running out of options for where to go. NPR spends time with one family who is trying to make a bombed out classroom inhabitable.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be the first foreign leader to visit the White House since President Trump's return to office, in a crucial meeting for the future of the Middle East.

President Trump this week said his family has done "very little" business with Saudi Arabia, as Crown Prince Mohammed visited the White House. NPR fact checks that claim with Forbes' Dan Alexander.

South Florida became the focus of Florida’s fight against COVID-19 this week. About half of the confirmed cases in the state are in Miami-Dade and...

Authorities are still trying to answer all the questions why a gunman killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket over the weekend. The shootings by the self-avowed racist have rattled the community.

The country is reeling after a recent earthquake and is in need of humanitarian aid. Osaka, whose father is Haitian, and other celebrities like Cardi B are trying to draw attention to the crisis.

From elephants to otters to armadillos, all sorts of animals get a kick out stomping, rolling and eating the orange gourds.

Federal scientists work on everything from agriculture and housing to weather forecasts and electricity generation. Many worry they will face censorship if Trump wins in November.

Barbecue is as American as apple pie — but the origins of the word "barbecue" is in the Caribbean.

Israel has recently attacked locations far from the fighting, killing in total almost 200 displaced Lebanese people. NPR went to the site of one of those attacks.