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Many scientists have expressed concerns that rising sea levels and growing population could be problematic for Florida’s coastal communities. Florida…

The Pulse nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016 was, at the time, the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, leaving 49 dead.What if more victims could…

The political stakes in Florida couldn’t get much higher.On Tuesday, voters will pick a new governor and a U.S. Senator. Congressional and state…

Children in rural Hendry County are training wild horses, making them suitable for adoption. They’re challenged to discipline 12 mustangs from Nevada in...

The singer-songwriter talks about her new album Dance Fever, her creative process and her influences.

Welcome to NPR's Backseat Book Club, where author Neil Gaiman is here to answer your questions about The Graveyard Book. Gaiman explains how Nobody Owens learns the value of life from the dead.

The four-legged creatures with digestive tracts of steel make easy work of consuming vegetation that typically fuels wildfires.

Jackson, Miss., is a city with two identities. There's the part which is more than 80% Black, led by a mayor who wants to make it "the most radical city on the planet." Then there's the state capital.

A Trump administration spokesman says Washington will continue to engage the rest of the world in vaccine development but won't be "constrained" by the "corrupt" World Health Organization.

A new executive order aims to prevent taxpayer money from supporting people in the U.S. without legal status and targets federal funding for cities and states that support sanctuary policies.

RaDonda Vaught's conviction could lead to years in prison. It's a rare case of a medical mistake being deemed a crime, and many worry it will have a chilling effect on the entire nursing profession.

Roger Angell wrote about baseball like no one else. NPR's Scott Simon has this remembrance of the essayist, who died at age 101 Friday.

The big announcement ends 18 months of research, focus groups and fan submissions for the organization's new identity and brand.

NPR reached out to candidates in the major 2018 Senate races, including Democrats facing pressure to support Brett Kavanaugh and GOP candidates raising doubts over timing of the sexual assault claim.

The Pandora Papers describe investment firms known as trusts, which are believed to have allowed the world's rich shelter their assets in states like South Dakota.

Congress has extended the COBRA subsidy periods again and again, helping many laid-off workers keep health insurance. Still, sorting through the paperwork to get the government assistance is no easy task. And, the government subsidies expire in March unless the jobs bill passes.

The coronavirus pandemic has hit Texas hard, and it's been a particular problem in the Rio Grande Valley. Hundreds of people have died, and local officials are overwhelmed.

Gender equality in the workplace has been stalled for years. And one big reason behind this trend is something called the "winner-take-all" approach to business.

The production is a revised version of Sondheim’s notorious 1981 mega-flop, bolstered by three veteran Broadway actor.

Lawrence Wright's Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief looks at the world of the controversial church and the life of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, who died in 1986.

He made the comments during a discussion immigration in Sarasota with border czar Tom Homan after the Fort Myers City Council failed to approve an agreement that would have allowed ICE to train local law officers to interrogate immigrants in their custody and detain them for possible deportation.

Comedian Drew Michael's new HBO special is missing something glaring: an audience. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Michael and director Jerrod Carmichael about pushing the boundaries of stand-up comedy.

The abortion pill mifepristone will remain available in the U.S., for now. NPR's Adrian Florido talks to Julie Rovner of KFF Health News.

The only self-identified "pro-life" Democrat in the House is facing a primary runoff challenge in south Texas. The race is one test of whether the party has room for people against abortion rights.

The International Monetary Fund expects the Iran war to slow the global economy and raise inflation. NPR's Michel Martin discusses the forecast with Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist.