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The immigrant population is growing fast in states far from the southern border. Employers in North Dakota say the economy needs more workers, but there's still deep ambivalence about immigration.

A selective preview of the would-be blockbusters, thrillers, comedies and thought-provokers Hollywood has in store for hot weather.

The U.S. Senate will soon vote on a budget bill that contains a provision to allow drilling in the Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Debate over oil exploration in the delicate and remote habitat has been going on for 20 years -- Alex Chadwick discussed the upcoming vote with Elizabeth Arnold, who's just returned from a visit to a native community inside the refuge that's also split on whether or not to allow drilling.

The government says order has been restored in Myanmar, following a crackdown on recent anti-government demonstrations. But some say the bloodshed has made security forces squeamish about using violence to quell any future protests.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet with President Trump and Secretary of State Tillerson on Wednesday in Washington. Lavrov is the highest-ranking Russian official to meet with Trump.

The survey, conducted by the nonprofit social research group Social Weather Stations, shows a rise in supportive views of gays and lesbians in the socially conservative country in the past decade.

The remains of the 3½-month-old female siblings were found on a road. FWC officials say they believe both died following a vehicle collision.

The migrating Monarchs are having a better year — and Florida’s gorgeous Atala butterfly is finding succor in Lakeland.

Three Kings Day is when the three wise men are believed to have visited the baby Jesus. Many cultures, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean, are celebrating on Friday. Festivities are also going strong in East Harlem, Miami, Los Angeles, even Disneyland. Host Michel Martin speaks with Gonzalo Casals, who organizes a parade in East Harlem.

In 2014, Malala Yousafzai became the youngest person to win a Nobel Prize, an honor that weighed on her when she went off to college. In Finding My Way, she writes about her life at Oxford and beyond.

Katy Payne's observations from the elephant bai research project.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz about how the city of Buffalo, New York, is responding to Saturday's shooting.

Suspending the federal gasoline tax could save drivers up to 18.4 cents per gallon. But it would drain the fund meant to cover roadbuilding and repairs — a fund that's already in trouble.

A Japanese company recently announced it has such a device. Using a smartphone app, you can flush without touching the handle. You can also raise and lower the seat, and there are built-in speakers.

Andrew Solomon's new book is about families with children who are profoundly different or likely to be stigmatized. "We all love flawed children," says Solomon, "and the general assumption that these more extreme flaws make ... children somehow unlovable — it wasn't true of most of my experience."

Andrew Solomon's book is about families with children who are profoundly different or likely to be stigmatized. "We all love flawed children," says Solomon, "and the general assumption that these more extreme flaws make ... children somehow unlovable — it wasn't true of most of my experience."

As the U.S. marks 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus, NPR's Ari Shapiro explores the different ways we might memorialize the pandemic in the future.

Musician Pierre Kwenders talks about the release of the new deluxe version of his Polaris-winning album José Louis and the Paradox of Love.

When a large tortoise named Rex got loose, a Phoenix-area neighborhood went into a tizzy. More than just a fun commotion, Rex's daring getaway shows the challenges of sulcata tortoise ownership.

Satellite photos taken over the state show how record-breaking rainfall led to stunning levels of flooding along the Raritan River — flooding that submerged neighborhoods, roads and parking lots.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Stephen Cecchetti, professor of international finance at Brandeis University, for a preview of Powell's testimony which follows the Fed's biggest rate hike since 1994.

The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee ousted the churches for having female pastors. What's behind the decision is unclear, but the move has been criticized inside and outside the SBC.

It's possible that string theory or the multiverse may find strong links with data, but a recent book provides a view of what a truly different philosophical approach would look like, says Adam Frank.

Uncertainty have been spreading since Friday's ruling, blocking the deployment of a U.N.-backed police force, with violence reaching new records as gangs tighten their grip on Haiti's capital.

As the U.S. entered World War I, Congress created a limit on aggregate federal debt and also a cloture rule to end filibusters. The two are linked again in the current battles on Capitol Hill.