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Many Americans don't realize the cheap, plentiful shrimp they buy in the market and order in restaurants is driving U.S. shrimpers out of business.

Dozens are dead after an attack on 2 mosques. Connecticut's high court ruled suits by Sandy Hook victims against a gun maker may proceed. Trump vows a veto after Congress blocks his border wall order.

On the risky journey from the Global South to Europe, migrants often perish. In a town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, near a river where dozens have drowned, citizens seek to provide closure to the families.

Here are photos from the energized campaigns leading up to Sunday's Venezuelan election. Now, with both sides claiming victory, there's a sense of uncertainty.

Ithaca, N.Y., wants to eliminate greenhouse gasses by 2030 — 20 years faster than the rest of the country. But even in this liberal city meeting climate targets is harder than expected.

State lawmakers across the U.S. concerned about the integrity of elections ahead of the 2024 presidential vote are proposing and enacting an unprecedented number of laws to restrict — and, in some cases, expand — voting rights and ballot access.

NPR flew along as the Jordanian air force dropped pallets of boxes of much-needed aid attached to parachutes into the Gaza Strip.

Amid the members' many high-profile pursuits, including collaborations with Nick Cave and Cat Power, the Australian trio returns to the ecstatic and deafening music of Dirty Three.

The sale of airport land has to be approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, which blocked the deal in April, citing numerous problems.

NPR's Kelly McEvers and Tom Dreisbach go to Los Angeles' Skid Row to investigate the tensions between the people who live there and the police.

Unlike the Appalachian Trail, which sits entirely on federal land, the Florida Trail crosses through “A melting pot of lands” managed by state agencies, water management districts and private owners.

With continuous glucose monitors, students with Type 1 diabetes no longer have to visit the school nurse for a finger prick. But some parents say it falls to them to keep an eye on blood sugar levels from home or work.

Pine producers looking to diversify their streams of revenue have a "gimme": the dead needles that cover the forest floor.

Jose Barco's story is one of battlefield trauma, bureaucratic bumbling and eventually, a serious crime.

Huge shortages loom in the skilled trades, which require less — and cheaper — training. Should that make students rethink the four-year degree?

All 27 scientists at the CDC's viral hepatitis lab were told their duties were "unnecessary." Ongoing outbreak investigations have now been halted.

In Syria's large Druze minority, a belief in reincarnation binds the community together.

Chinese director Lou Ye's An Unfinished Film is not a masterpiece, but why do so many seem to demand it to be?

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has reaped hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars to fund the effort through reimbursements from the state’s Immigration Enforcement Board and tens of thousands for its work at Alligator Alcatraz.

In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.

As one Vermont college finishes its last semester, an estimated 442 others may be in trouble.

NPR's Susan Stamberg was a longtime champion of visual arts coverage, but she had to invent new ways to do it on the radio.

Ex-President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to four felony counts. The Labor Department will release its monthly jobs report. New charges are expected against an imprisoned Russian opposition leader.

People taking weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy report a dampening of the urge to drink. Here's how the drugs curb cravings and what that could mean for helping treat addiction.

The Middle East crisis has sharply divided Hollywood. Celebrities who've spoken out have lost jobs and been harassed. But there's a long history of celebrities lending their voices to bigger causes.