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The Agency for Health Care Administration showed that 21,572 abortions had been reported this year as of July 1, down from 36,221 at the same point in 2024.

Hurricane Helene continues to strengthen as it approaches the Florida coast. Member stations across the NPR network are covering the local impact as Helene barrels through the southeast U.S.

In the interview with the magazine, they opened up about their love story and how their relationship blossomed into marriage. The duo tied the knot in 2020.

As states begin to require people to requalify for the free health insurance, many who are eligible are losing coverage because of administrative snafus.

Afghanistan lies at the culinary crossroads of many cultures, melding Indian, Middle Eastern and Chinese influences. Vijaysree Venkatraman enumerates Afghan food's many delights and offers recipes for two favorite dishes.

In the latest Politically Speaking, NPR Correspondent Scott Horsley compares the campaigning styles of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry.

Steve Wilks and Ray Horton join Flores in seeking compensatory and punitive damages for Black head coaches, offensive and defensive coordinators and quarterback coaches and general managers.

Greg Gianforte, who faces a misdemeanor assault charge in the incident, has written to the reporter saying, "You were doing your job." Gianforte says his own conduct was unacceptable and unlawful.

In her first public statement since being freed from Russia, the two-time Olympic gold medalist says she'll play for her team, the Phoenix Mercury, when the season starts in May.

Raskin gave himself until July to announce his plans. He was weighing a reelection campaign against a run for the U.S. Senate. He went into remission for cancer in April.

Hmm, it's still a bit of a mystery. Here's what is known about the small herd of goats who went running through the streets in March.

In Fran Wilde's world life happens above the clouds, towers are built from song and humans fly. Critic Amal El-Mohtar says Wilde's new novel is a powerfully innovative work of fantasy.

Hye-young Pyun's new novel, about an exterminator on a work trip to a nameless dystopian country, has overtones of Kafka, Stephen King and J.G. Ballard. It's grim, it's gross, and it's unputdownable.

G. Willow Wilson's luminous new novel is set during the last days of Muslim Granada, and follows a royal concubine and her mapmaker friend as they flee the Inquisition for a place that may not exist.

Sara Suleri Goodyear's heartbreaking memoir, Meatless Days, describes growing up in post-colonial Pakistan with an elegiac immediacy. Author Rajesh Parameswaran says the book does justice to the way memory actually lives in the mind.

The cult favorite 1965 novel Dune was a classic of sci-fi literature. But author Leigh Bardugo says that when she was 12, Dune wasn't just an escape — it changed her world. Has a book ever opened your eyes to an alternate reality? Tell us in the comments.

Even among ATLiens, Kenny Mason is an outlier. As he faced a creative crisis — and commercial pressures — the rap-rock iconoclast realized that he feels most comfortable on the fringes.

In the Apple TV series, Seehorn stars as a woman named Carol who suddenly finds herself surrounded by people who are inexplicably happy. The only problem: Carol's not interested in joining them.

New music from Cooly G, one of London's leading funky scientists, Ge-Ology, a Brooklynite practicing Detroit house magic plus more dance tracks for early Fall.

The Category 4 storm is expected to hit the Carolinas and Virginia late Thursday or early Friday. All along the coast, people are being urged — or ordered — to get out, and get out early.

After decades of devastating increases driven by fentanyl and other toxic street drugs, overdose deaths are dropping sharply in much of the U.S. The trend could mean roughly 20,000 fewer deaths in 2024.

In 1961, Chiang opened San Francisco's The Mandarin, a high-end Chinese restaurant that served authentic fare. Today, her DNA is all over American Chinese food, from P.F. Chang's to Panda Express.

Adorable babies and cute puppies can make us happy. But researchers say their cuteness can be so overwhelming that it unleashes some ugly thoughts.

Sen. Pat Roberts was expected to skate to re-election. Republicans now are panicked that he could lose to a well-funded independent candidate, harming the GOP's chances of winning Senate control.

Electronic musician Marc Rebillet was scheduled to be on tour this summer. His revised the plan to tour during the pandemic: hold concerts at drive-in cinemas. His tour kicks off next week.