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The U.S. aims to improve the immigration process at the southern border. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Tania Garcia, a lawyer at the shelter Espacio Migrante in Tijuana about conditions amid the surge.

After more than a year of takeout orders, the country is facing a new shortage: ketchup. Restaurants are scrambling to replenish the popular condiment.

As the death toll of the condominium collapse in Surfside, Fla., continues to rise, we take a moment to remember those who have lost their lives.

Residents of Khabarovsk, a Russian city on the Chinese border, have held protests against the arrest of a popular governor for more than a week. The demonstrations signal growing discontent in Russia.

The National Park Service took down a Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City, a landmark of the LGBTQ rights movement.

NPR’s “A Nation Engaged” Coordinated Conversation project is looking at the topic of trade on the campaign trail, and in communities around the country.As…

Zoom, a hallmark of pandemic life, is laying off some 1,300 employees, or about 15% of its workforce. CEO Eric Yuan said he and other executives will take pay cuts and forgo bonuses.

Long commutes are a key reason why LA hotel workers have been on rolling strikes since early July. And they have a unique solution for hotels to help them.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan is in Jerusalem to discuss the future of Gaza with Palestinian and Israeli leaders. Scientists warn of the spread of tropical, insect-borne disease.

A new report from the World Health Organization contains some encouraging numbers but also cause for concern, with both cases and deaths on the upswing last year. The pandemic is just one reason.

Gov. Rick Scott added a fifth Florida county to a public health emergency declaration over the Zika virus on Thursday, and asked the Centers for Disease...

A visit to one Turkish town near the area devastated by this month's earthquakes finds hundreds of thousands of people who were evacuated and are now scrambling to find places to live.

Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama both addressed the National Urban League this weekend. Casting a shadow over their visit before the mostly black membership was the ongoing finger-pointing over race. The campaigns spent the weekend going back and forth over just how and why the issue came up.

The White House's latest travel ban revision was meant to calm concerns over anti-Muslim bias. But for nearly two decades, traveling while Muslim has ranged from uncomfortable to frightening for many.

Austrian writer Adalbert Stifter's 1845 novella Rock Crystal is the seemingly simple tale of two children who get lost in a snowfall on Christmas Eve. But author Susan Choi says the story perfectly captures humanity at its humblest and most resilient.

More than 30 U.S. citizens were on the government-chartered flight, officials said in a statement. It later arrived at the Miami International Airport.

President-elect Trump has announced mass deportation plans for when he takes office on Jan. 20. A report by the American Immigration Council shows Florida is among the top three states that will feel the effects.

The bombs planted on U.S.-bound aircraft are widely believed to be the work of al-Qaida's affiliate on the Arabian Peninsula, based in Yemen. The failed attacks have raised some difficult questions: How should the U.S. and its allies now handle Yemen's fragile government to get it to do more to crush the militants? Should the U.S. use more military measures, like CIA drone attacks? What should the international community do to create conditions that would cause al-Qaida to wither away, and lead Yemen away from the brink of total collapse as a state?

The U.S. says Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is the democratically elected leader of Belarus. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to her about efforts to change her government from exile.

It's been quite the birthday week for the Tampa Bay slugger. He announced a return to the Home Run Derby while on a record-setting homer run. He also leads in AL All-Star fan voting at third base.

According to the International Women's Media Foundation, "no press is truly free unless women share an equal voice." For the last 15 years, the organization has honored women who have lent their voices to media coverage of some of the world's most critical issues. One of this year's honorees is veteran broadcast journalist Belva Davis, who became the first black woman TV reporter on the West Coast in 1966. She speaks with NPR's Tavis Smiley.

Gen Z is in a sex recession. Not because they're less horny, but because they're more afraid.

Fire tore quickly through a house in northeastern Pennsylvania, horrifying a volunteer firefighter who arrived to battle the blaze only to discover the victims were his own family.

Artful and beautifully realized, the Bright Eyes singer's new solo album knows when to shoot for sentimentality — when to sneak right inside the most cynical heart and melt the layers.