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After 17 overdoses — including four deaths — this spring, Indigenous leaders in Montana and surrounding states look for ways to stop the fentanyl crisis and provide more treatment and care.

In Uvalde, families are burying their relatives as more details emerge about what happened before and during last week's deadly massacre at Robb Elementary School.

Climate change threatens a tribal homeland off the Massachusetts coast. Volunteers are planting beach grass to make it more resilient. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on May 28, 2022.)

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Cuban-American author Margarita Engle about her novel: Singing with Elephants.

President Biden said in a guest essay in The New York Times that he's decided to provide Ukraine with more advanced rockets that will enable it to more precisely strike targets on the battlefield.

Happy-Go-Lucky is more somber than David Sedaris' usual fare, but there are some fresh, funny bits wedged between the weighty boulders.

Judith Viorst's best-selling kids' book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day was published 50 years ago. At 91, Viorst reflects on the book's legacy with the real Alexander.

Pete Arredondo and his department have been under new scrutiny since DPS Director Steven McCraw said the incident commander — later confirmed to be Arredondo — made a critical error.

Hurricane experts say forecasting storm intensity remains a big challenge. That’s especially true in an era of climate change that scientists say is likely producing more powerful and deadly storms.

The General Electric CEO wowed investors and mingled with celebrities. But New York Times correspondent David Gelles says Welch's aggressive tactics also caused irreparable harm to American industry.

The company that controls the name and image of Elvis Presley is ordering Sin City chapel operators to stop using "The King" in themed ceremonies. Some say the move could decimate their businesses.

Today we hear from Denise Johnson, a former law enforcement officer who shares her experience coming out as transgender at the age of 50.

Ilene Steur, who was one of 10 people injured in the April attack, says in the lawsuit that Glock's marketing practices made it possible for the shooting suspect to buy one of the company's guns.

Pakistan doesn't recognize Israel. After a delegation visited Israel and even met with its president, Pakistani senators were outraged and one visitor got fired.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Wednesday unveiled $2 billion in new funding to strengthen food supply chains hard hit by the pandemic.

Johnny Depp had sued Amber Heard for more than $50 million over a 2018 op-ed she wrote about abuse against women. Because of a limit set by state law, Depp's award will be $10.35 million.

Ukraine has very liberal abortion laws. In Poland, it is almost entirely illegal. Millions of Ukrainians discovered this when they fled the war in their home country and crossed the Polish border.

A few yards from the central memorial for the shooting victims, a clown hands out snow cones and toys for free to all. She says it's her way to give back — and she wants the gun violence to stop.

Four in 10 Floridians surveyed by the AAA auto club said gas prices might keep them from leaving. The news came as forecasters suggested a potential storm in the Gulf could track toward Florida.

Authentic Brands Group has papered the capital of Elvis-themed nuptials with cease-and-desist letters — which could mean it's now or never for the $2 billion wedding industry in Las Vegas.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to David French, senior editor of The Dispatch, about the Second Amendment and calls for red flag laws, following mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas.

Queen Elizabeth II is marking 70 years on the throne, but recent years have been bumpy for the British monarchy. Public support for the institution has fallen, even as the queen remains popular.

The high cost of rebuilding drove some residents out. But there are many newcomers. A real estate agent says, "It used to be called the Forgotten Coast. I don't think it's so forgotten anymore."

Over a 14 year career at Facebook, Sandberg was a pivotal figure in helping the social network become one of the most dominant social media platforms in the world.

A growing number of schools have adopting an evidence-based approach to preventing violence on their campuses. The plan recognizes that a student contemplating violence is a student in crisis.