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The movie Judas and the Black Messiah, about Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton, is up for six Oscars on Sunday. The NPR podcast Throughline looks into the history of the Black Panther Party.

State lawmakers may have overlooked more than $430 million in yearly savings for Florida taxpayers by not accepting the federal dollars promised through…

Last year, after Hurricane Michael wrought havoc in the Panhandle, school officials began raising concerns about an emergent mental health crisis among...

As the fire engulfed their small farm in the Santa Clarita Valley, Samantha Hull and her family managed to escape. But they lost their home and many of their beloved animals.

China has set a more modest growth target for its economy. That reflects the drag from sluggish domestic demand.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is scheduled to reopen to the public on Saturday, August 29th. We go behind the scenes to learn how curators and staff hope to pull it off.

The evacuation of the Superdome is temporarily suspended when shots are fired at a military helicopter. Meanwhile, the first buses carrying hurricane refugees from New Orleans have arrived at the Houston Astrodome.

Detractors to bail reform and early release are using the case of Darrell Brooks as a warning. Brooks, accused of driving into a Wisconsin Christmas parade, received low bail for a previous charge.

Harvard Professor Ronald Kessler talks with Renee Montagne about a new study that shows "road rage" is a diagnosable disorder. Intermittent Explosive Disorder has a strict definition and has been a serious problem for years. Kessler is one of the authors of the study in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

Haiti's government is pleading with the international community to send forces as the country's humanitarian crisis deepens. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald.

NASA held a meeting of its panel devoted to studying unidentified anomalous phenomena. Government officials are hopeful it can bring a scientific approach to understanding these mysterious objects.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted the head of Taiwan's largest opposition party in Beijing on Friday — the first such meeting in nearly a decade.

With less than a month to the Iowa caucuses, NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Iowa Public Radio's Clay Masters and pollster J. Ann Selzer about the state of the Republican presidential nominating contest.

Christopher Janney, an architect and jazz musician, combines both passions in "sound sculptures." His interactive sound and light installations are found in airports in Dallas, Miami and Sacramento — and soon at Logan in Boston.

A measure to protect Florida public employees who use medical marijuana stalled this legislative session, leaving a disconnect between restrictive federal laws and permissive local laws.

This year, face masks are on most parents' list of back-to-school supplies. But which ones are most effective? Here's how to choose the right one for your child.

Biden's effort to change the way cases of sexual assault and harassment are handled by schools is drawing both cheers and fears. The move comes less than a year after Trump enacted the rules.

Top executives of leading U.S. newspapers are turning to the Biden administration for help in getting Afghan journalists out of that country. Reporters say they believe the threat is dire.

In Aurora, officer Nathan Woodyard has been acquitted of all charges in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, who died after being put in a carotid hold by police and given ketamine by paramedics.

The surgeon and writer talks about the massively complicated process of keeping patients alive and shares his simple solution for how that process might be streamlined. Gawande's newest book is called The Checklist Manifesto.

President Biden pledged to stop work on the wall on the southern border. But this week, his administration said it's moving forward on a piece of it.

The county is leasing its Lithia landfill to a company that will turn landfill gas, the natural byproduct of decomposing organic material, into "renewable natural gas."

Former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial has wrapped up witness testimony and will break until closing arguments in January.

The fatal crash of a Model S that was in autopilot when it collided with a truck in Florida is prompting a preliminary evaluation of the feature by the National Highway Transportation Safety Board.

David Greene talks to commentator and columnist Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions about the relationship between presidents and their attorneys general.