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In the second of two conversations, two Marines discuss their time in Iraq and leadership in a lengthening war. Maj. Michael Zacchea and Lt. Seth Moulton trained Iraqi troops with limited resources except their own Marine training.

A teacher. A mentor. A politician. That's how some have described Broward County's new schools superintendent, Dr. Peter Licata.

NPR's Tamara Keith speaks with New York City Mayor Eric Adams about crime and policing in New York, which like many American cities is experiencing a spike in shootings.

Gray Line Tours is featuring a new tour in New Orleans, but it's not a fun-filled night on Bourbon Street. The tour company is busing sightseers to parts of the city devastated by Hurricane Katrina, including the spot where a key levee broke and the flooding began. Not everyone is happy about it.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Susan Glasser, who's covered Washington for decades including now as a columnist for the New Yorker, about how to understand today's Trump verdict.

The Trump administration is putting pressure on institutions of higher education, threatening to withhold federal grants unless these institutions fall in line with the administration's policies.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin about his plans to block a federal funding freeze President Donald Trump ordered Monday.

Actor Josh Gad, best known for his roles in Frozen and Book of Mormon, is out with a new memoir about his life and career.

From 2017 to 2021, Sir Mark Lowcock was the U.N.'s "relief chief," the world's most senior humanitarian official. He talks to NPR about what inspired him and why crises are getting worse.

The father of one of the 19 firefighters who died a year ago in the Yarnell Hill Fire wants to create shelters that better shield against direct flames.

Pharmaceutical company Merck will appeal Friday's $253-million jury award in the death of a man who had taken the painkiller Vioxx. But thousands of cases await the company in state and federal court.

It looks like Turkey's presidential election is heading for a runoff between incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

The vote count to unionize at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., has begun. The effort has attracted support from celebrities and politicians, but warehouse workers are scarce at pro-union rallies.

A college student in 1960s France encounters difficulties in seeking an abortion that feel very of-this-moment in Audrey Diwan's timely drama Happening.

Russia appears on the cusp of capturing Sievierodonetsk — a key Ukrainian city in the eastern part of the country. It's a city that's been at the center of the fighting for weeks.

E-cigarette company Juul has reached a multi-million dollar settlement with more than 30 states over its marketing of vaping products.

In East Palestine, Ohio, federal environmental regulators have taken charge of the cleanup from the train derailment and chemical burn, and ordered Norfolk Southern to foot the bill.

Drug Enforcement Administration Chief Michele Leonhart will retire. The agency has come under fire because its agents engaged in sex parties with prostitutes overseas and received scant punishment.

So far, very few people have been rolling up their sleeves to get the latest COVID-19 vaccines according to the first data from the CDC tracking demand for the new shots.

Amid soaring gas prices, the most depressed real estate market in decades, falling home prices and tight credit, President Bush defended his administration's efforts to stabilize the economy in a news conference Tuesday.

Before the new animated film was a box-office hit, it was a beloved children's book.

For patients seeking abortions in Texas, services have been drastically reduced. In surrounding states, wait times are increasing because of an influx of new patients.

Talks aimed at limiting Iran's nuclear program to peaceful purposes continue. An Iranian negotiator is quoted as rejecting the idea that Iran would ship some of its nuclear fuel out of the country.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with InsideClimate News reporter Nicholas Kusnetz about a fraud case against ExxonMobil. The trial begins Tuesday and the outcome could impact efforts to curb climate change.

Australia suffered through a truly epic drought, and it survived. But some of Australia's solutions — like a free market for water — may be too radical for the Golden State.