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Lakeland commissioners will consider in coming weeks whether to close almost half of its voting precincts for the next municipal election.Cost and low…

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The commercial spaceflight company SpaceX is preparing to launch the largest rocket ever built. The stainless-steel giant could one day take humans to Mars, but first it has to get off the ground.

Ukrainian troops make limited progress retaking Russian-occupied land. The fraud trial begins Tuesday for the founder of FTX. Laphonza Butler will make history as California's newest U.S. senator.

On Wild Card, famous guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Actor Brett Goldstein talks about the ways he's softened as he's grown older.

Jody Williams believes extraordinary things can happen when ordinary people decide to take action. Her own activism led to a 1997 international treaty banning landmines and to a Nobel Peace Prize.

A Morning Edition team knocked on doors, canvassed parks and neighborhoods and even attended a weekly family dinner to hear how voters in the swing state are feeling.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about biodegradable plastic, simulating growing crops on Mars, and how deer are disrupting caribou populations.

The U.S. economy grew this spring after a slowdown earlier this year. A report from the Commerce Department shows the nation's GDP grew at an annual rate of 3% in the second quarter of the year.

What's four-legged, furry and often serves up a mood boost? That's right: dogs. As part of our series Weekly Dose of Wonder, here's how even brief interactions with pups can be good for health.

More than 100 unhoused people are affected by a Sarasota zoning dispute that has forced a church to suspend some of its services.

An air traffic controller who works the airspace around Newark, N.J. talks about what it was like to lose radar and communication systems during a shift, and how the situation got to be so bad.

Scott talks with NPR's Rachel Martin about what she's learned so far from her Enlighten Me series.

New Zealand has declared war on tobacco with a remarkable new law. The indigenous Māori population, with the country's highest smoking rate, has a lot to gain. But they have a bone of contention.

The American team had asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to rule they can receive their medals while they await the results of a wider investigation into the Kamila Valieva doping scandal.

Fans came out to Carpenter Complex in Clearwater to watch the Philadelphia Phillies during their first spring training workout after a 99-day lockout.

Farmers face a number of challenges these days, from higher input costs to fewer available resources. The stress of it all can take a toll, not only on their livelihood, but on their mental well-being.

More than 20 military employees described a "toxic work environment" to senators and staff, the Democrat told NPR. President Trump says the decision to withdraw is up to Ronny Jackson.

Staying warm is a skill, says adventurer Blair Braverman. Even if you're not about to dogsled across Alaska, she has some suggestions for staying cold during lower-stakes outdoor fun.

The band's long-awaited performance at the Tiny Desk was both beautiful and, at times, intense, featuring three deeply personal songs by frontman Mike Hadreas.

Author Peggy Orenstein spoke to more than 100 young men of diverse backgrounds about sex, porn, gender and intimacy. Boys, she found, often lack "permission or space" to discuss their interior lives.

After a month of fighting, the death toll in Sudan has surpassed 600. As the conflict continues, there is growing concern that it could spread to other countries in the region.

As she approached 60, the co-founder of Ms. magazine says, she entered a new phase in life, one in which "you can do what you want." Originally broadcast Oct. 26, 2015.

"It's an audit in name only," says one former election security official. "It's a threat to the overall confidence of democracy, all in pursuit of continuing a narrative that we know to be a lie."

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the Mayor Jack McCullough of Montpelier < >, Vermont, about the latest on catastrophic flooding in the city's downtown.