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Sesame Workshop has new resources for kids affected by the opioid epidemic, featuring videos explaining addiction and treatment. (This first aired on All Things Considered on Dec. 4, 2023.)

The world's longest road race happens each year in Queens, where participants run around and around the same block for a distance of more than 3,000 miles.

In many Muslim-majority countries around the world, this is a festive week, a time to celebrate the "Eid al-Adha." Turkish Muslims are marking an annual holiday with charity — despite high prices.

To honor the dads in our lives for Father's Day, we're sharing some of the best life advice our listeners ever got from their dads.

The Safe Summer Series hopes to promote safe and structured fun as the Tampa Bay area sees a spike in "teen takeover" gatherings, a number of which have ended in shootings and arrests.

A letter sent Friday on behalf of Uthmeier stated the university's board is "not out of compliance," and the Board of Governors chairman is "incorrect to withhold consideration of the Trustees' nomination on that basis."

Jeff Kinney took part in the conversation with Brandt Robinson, who's running for Florida’s 13th congressional district, to discuss politics, education, community and the impact of literature.

Iranian authorities are cracking down on mourners as they try to memorialize their loved ones who were killed in last month's protests.

Jane Goodall, a legendary primatologist whose studies of wild chimpanzees transformed our understanding of apes, died Wednesday at age 91.

The painting is worth more than a million euros ($1.2 million). Proceeds from the sale will benefit France's leading financial supporter of Alzheimer's research.

Remember that big recall of deli meat last year? Food safety experts say its more likely to happen more often after job cuts to FDA, USDA and CDC.

Jack Antonoff explores marriage, grief and the current moment in Bleachers' latest album, everyone for ten minutes.

Emergency officials in Louisiana are warning residents to take the threat of Francine seriously as the strong tropical system is set to come ashore on Wednesday. Heavy rains, high winds are concerns.

The change is driven by improved perceptions of China and declining views of the United States.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced tough questions in front of a jury in the country's first trial about whether social media is addictive and harming young people.

Every four years, the Winter Olympics help curling clubs in the U.S. recruit new members.

On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration could end TPS for both Haitian and Syrian nationals. The TPS program allowed immigrants to remain in the U.S. if the federal government determined it wasn’t safe to return to their home country.

Depending on the size of the subsidy they got, some will get a bigger refund than expected and others will owe taxes.

Most artists belong to their times. But Holiday, born 100 years ago Tuesday, fits in the present.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Li Zhang, professor of physiology and neuroscience at USC's Keck School of Medicine, how mice perform first aid on each other.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said 18 people were killed in his state from a devastating tornado, and the death toll could rise.

From the advent of AI actress Tilly Norwood to major music labels making deals with AI companies, 2025 has been a watershed year for AI and culture.

The Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana prisoner whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved off by prison guards cannot sue the guards under a federal law to protect the religious rights of prisoners.

The shooting at the White House Correspondent's Dinner comes at a time of increased threats towards lawmakers and fears of political violence.

A strengthening El Niño over the Pacific Ocean may be already influencing Florida's weather, with long-range outlooks indicating a return to below-average rainfall.