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The cost of living in November was up 2.7% from a year ago, according to a report Thursday from the Labor Department. That's a smaller annual increase than for the 12 months ending in September.

Crocs are beloved by many kids. Why is social media filled with warnings about how they might be bad for children's developing feet and gait? (Story aired on All Things Considered on Oct. 8, 2024.)

Opera may seem like work for the grand stage. But at the front of a crowded assembly room in Lake Worth imaginatively costumed performers recently...

The federal workforce is one group President Biden can more directly influence. Under new rules, workers will need to get vaccinated or wear a mask and get tested regularly.

An hour before an important job interview, Oliver Muensterer realized he'd forgotten his dress shirt. A stranger offered a kind and unexpected solution.

An NPR investigation found that 50% of U.S. military bases are in so-called "health care deserts." There weren't any surprises at last night's Tony Awards — except for the winner of Best Musical.

Limón's work documents everything from kingfisher birds to the cosmos itself. "I'm embracing my strangeness," she says of her poetry. Her new collection is Startlement.

Up-and-coming actress Gabrielle Union talks about her role in the film Daddy's Little Girls. Union plays Julia, a hard charging attorney who tries to help a mechanic regain custody of his three young daughters.

Pinellas County officials are working with the White House to get emergency approval for beach renourishment projects that have been stymied by new rules from the Army Corps of Engineers.

If the success of the last two winners of the USF Center for Entrepreneurship's Fintech Business Plan Competition is any indication, the future may be…

The vote came a day after Mayor Jane Castor said she will not direct Tampa Police to arrest people who have had abortions that violate the state-mandated 15-week limit.

It used to be that if you wanted to watch a surgery, you had to sit in a gallery behind a glass panel. And even then, you usually had to be a medical...

The Ever Given had been wedged at an angle across the Suez Canal since Tuesday, preventing other shipping vessels from traveling through the waterway.

Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Merck have agreed to allow generic manufacturers to make inexpensive versions of their anti-viral pills to treat COVID-19.

Megan Abbott's new book takes readers deep into the intense, vacuum-sealed universe of young female gymnasts and their parents. Critic Maureen Corrigan says You Will Know Me is worthy of a gold medal.

Former president Donald Trump is expected back in a New York courtroom Thursday in one of the final days for the defense in his civil fraud trial.

The discrimination the set-aside license was meant to redress created obstacles for Frederick Fisher obtain it. This is Fisher’s story as he told oral historians in 2017, as he swore this year in his application and as he tells it now.

Violent crime is up across the country — and voters are fed up. But why is it so difficult to find solutions?

After releasing her album Renaissance, Beyoncé received backlash for the song, "Heated." She used a word that some consider a slur towards people with disabilities — and has since changed the lyrics.

In the final part of our series on debt, we'll have a report from NPR's Chris Arnold about the growing number of businesses checking job applicants' credit reports. NPR's Lynn Neary with talk with Professor Robert Manning, author of Credit Card Nation, about the future of debt in America. And we'll hear from commentator Gerry Willis. She has a few optimistic thoughts about debt.

Conductor Nicholas Hersh calls William Dawson's work "a fundamental part of our history and a beautiful piece of our culture."

NPR's A Martinez talks to human rights lawyer Zaha Hassan, a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the White House trying to walk a fine diplomatic line in the Middle East.

Scientists have developed an experimental way to study how human embryos implant in a uterus, which may provide new insights into why miscarriages occur and how they can be prevented.

As the United States considers possible military action against Iran, it's also weighing another military move -- withdrawing the last U.S. forces from Syria.

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks to Wall Street Journal business reporter Theo Francis about refunds some businesses are getting on the billions of dollars they've paid on President Trump's tariffs.