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A hyper-local news site in New York started accepting stories from a writer in Ukraine. Why was the outlet covering a story taking place thousands of miles away?

The Agency for Health Care Administration, which largely oversees the Medicaid program, issued a contract for legal services and costs, including fees for "expert witnesses."

Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said, "The agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019." By the commonly used outlays measure, his claim is close. We found it half true.

There's a lot of talk about how to monitor screen time for kids. But for kids to have healthy relationships with technology and smartphones, parents need to model good habits. Here's how.

Baseball has long been labeled America's pastime, but some have argued that politics actually deserves that title. It turns out there are more than a few parallels between the two this time of year.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Maria Snider, vice president of the Minnesota Child Care Association - an advocacy group - about the impact of the freeze on federal child care funds.

"It hurts to even say it," the popular cable news anchor told listeners of his SiriusXM show on Wednesday. Cuomo has been suspended by CNN indefinitely, pending an evaluation by the network.

The work is part of a years-long effort to get an accurate count of how many people were killed when a white mob decimated the city's prosperous Greenwood enclave, leaving upward of 300 people dead.

After the collapse of FTX, many are wondering if another cryptocurrency platform called Genesis will fall next.

The decision stems from a suit by the Consumer Product Safety Commission over products sold on Amazon that the agency found to be unsafe, including children's sleepwear and carbon monoxide detectors.

The U.S. Postal Service is still digging out from under an avalanche of mail sent over the holidays. Plus, the system has been strained by the impact of COVID-19 on its workflow and workforce.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., about the eighth and final Jan. 6 hearing.

NPR's Alina Selyukh speaks with Andrew Callaghan about his new HBO film "This Place Rules," a personal look at the conspiracies and events leading up to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

Images and videos from previous conflicts, video games and AI generators were often spread by accounts that pay to be boosted on the social media site once known as Twitter.

In 1995, the Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia took a shoestring DIY approach to recording their debut album, Mystic Stylez. Their example led to a flourishing independent hip-hop scene.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Fred Upton as he prepares to retire, about the lasting effects of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack.

The rapper's Instagram account says his lungs collapsed after he was stabbed 14 times, but he is "in good spirits." Lanez is serving a 10-year sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020.

A former law clerk who had a bad experience on the job is now trying to share information about judges to help others from suffering the same fate.

The cost of energy bills in Florida is rising driven by increased consumption, particularly for air conditioning, which can account for up to 40% of the bill. This is particularly difficult for Central Floridians living on a fixed income.

The prosecuting attorney in St. Louis County has released thousands of pages of documents from the Michael Brown case that offer differing accounts of the 90-second confrontation between Officer Darren Williams and Brown, which ended in Brown's death.

Evening Masterworks: Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto Andaluz

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Meghann Burke, executive director of the National Women's Soccer League Players Association, about abuse allegations against male coaches.

The decision removes one of the last obstacles to the Willow project, which would be the largest oil development on federal land in decades, and has become a flashpoint for climate activists.

The House and Senate versions of the new bill are headed to floor votes. Meantime, Attorney General Ashley Moody’s files a brief to the Florida Supreme Court asking to keep last year's 15-week law in place.

Two economists doubt accountable care organizations, a key tool for improving costs and quality under the federal health overhaul, will be able to temper the medical system's lust for the latest expensive technology. Costs and quality of care are are at stake.