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Wide-ranging legislation addresses E-Verify, car accidents, and overseas remittances.

With federal food aid frozen during the government shutdown, there has been a wave of people rushing to help — sending gift cards or buying groceries for SNAP recipients in their community.

The Soviet Union is long since defunct, but The Economist's former Moscow Bureau Chief Edward Lucas says Russia poses a threat to the United States. Host Liane Hansen talks with Lucas about the relationship between the countries and his new book The New Cold War.

Year after year, little by little, cars are guiding drivers, protecting them from their incompetence and distractions, squeezing out more fuel economy and making everyone on the roads safer.

"The view that drug use is a moral choice is pervasive, pernicious and wrong," writes David Sheff in Clean, a critical look at the nation's approach to drug treatment. Sheff argues that we should not wait for "rock bottom" — that addiction should be treated promptly, just like any other disease.

More people suffering from drug addiction are being forced into drug treatment and threatened with prison if they don't comply. Some say it's "tough love." Critics say it's unethical and ineffective.

When the composer/lyricist died in 2021 at age 91, he left behind a partly finished show called Here We Are. But his collaborators say Sondheim loved a puzzle — and he left them all the pieces.

Istanbul plants millions of tulips every spring, a reminder of the flower's origins far from the Netherlands.

Uncertainty over the future of health care is growing deeper for millions of Americans who buy their own policies.

El Shafee Elsheikh, part of a group known as the "ISIS Beatles," is the most notorious and highest-ranking member of the Islamic State to be convicted in the U.S,, prosecutors said.

In mice, the HIV drug maraviroc restored a system that links new memories that are made around the same time. The finding could help treat memory problems in people.

Taylor Korn, a lifelong Boulder, Colo., resident, had already lost her father and grandmother this past summer. Then a wildfire took her home and two dogs.

Dylan O'Brien and James Sweeney craft a kind of chemistry that is equal parts funny and heart-wrenching.

Gina Apostol's new novel is a story about the Philippine-American War set in the present day, told from two dueling perspectives. Turns out the idea of multiple identities is close to her own heart.

Paul Whelan was part of the largest prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Russia since the end of the Cold War. But since coming home, Whelan says he's still imprisoned — by bureaucracy.

Insurance companies are dropping customers as the cost of disasters goes up. Some communities in California are working to reduce their risk, but so far, insurance companies often aren't factoring that in.

Extreme winter weather can mean frozen pipes or roof damage. These tips can help your home weather a dangerous winter storm.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill blasted the Japanese supplier Takata for refusing to participate in a national recall of its air bags. So far, the potentially deadly air bags have been recalled in warm and humid areas where they may be most likely to rupture. While Takata is resisting a nationwide recall, Honda said Wednesday it would recall all its vehicles with Takata driver-side airbags in the U.S.

Essential workers from Amazon, Whole Foods, Instacart, Target and more are organizing a mass strike. They say the companies need to do more to protect frontline workers from the coronavirus.

Alexandra Tanner's debut novel, Worry, centers two sisters in their 20s struggling with the love, anxieties and truths that they hold about each other.

Vidal Valladares owes a $2,000 fine after stopping traffic on Houston's Interstate 45 to propose. Honking drivers did not find it romantic. Lucky for him — his girlfriend did.

A recent study found military families are spending more time and money to find places to live when they change duty stations.

The billionaire founder of the Chinese Internet giant hasn't been seen in public in months after criticizing government regulators.

As political polarization deepens, Sarasota-based nonprofit Conversations Across the Aisle (CATA) brings together people from across the political spectrum for facilitated dinners designed to replace debate with curiosity and understanding.

Big changes are coming to Tampa International Airport, and this week on Florida Matters (Tuesday, Aug. 18 at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 23 at 7:30 a.m.),…