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As hundreds of thousands of people flee Ukraine, NPR's Leila Fadel takes a train into western Ukraine and talks to some of the passengers headed toward war.

The attack wasn't just rockets lobbed into southern Israel, but an invasion of Israel, he saysl.

Florida's summer heat doesn't always ease when the sun goes down. High humidity, warm surrounding waters, clouds and heat stored in pavement and buildings can keep overnight temperatures elevated—giving both our bodies and our homes less time to cool down.

The song, released in February, packs in plenty of historical and current references. The Alt.Latino team translated and decode the lyrics.

NPR's Noel King talks to Lt. General Todd Semonite, chief of engineers and commanding general of the Army Corps of Engineers, about field hospitals being built to ease COVID-19 overcrowding.

Research links kids' use of social media with depression and anxiety. A lot of content online isn't appropriate for kids, and there's not much keeping them from accessing it.

President Trump was diagnosed with the coronavirus 12 days ago. On Friday, he'll hold a rally in Florida, after physicians announced over the weekend he was no longer a transmission risk to others.

Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearing begins today. Trump continues campaigning after his coronavirus diagnosis. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff talks about the election.

The city of St. Petersburg is in the process of rewriting its guidelines on how its employees use artificial intelligence. But first, it's asking residents what concerns they have.

A young political dissident in Europe made his name in the news media as a defiant critic of the Chinese Communist Party. His former housemate and alleged victim says he's a grifter.

The new CDC isolation guidelines raise concerns among health experts. NFL Hall of Fame coach and iconic sports broadcaster John Madden dies at 85. Consumers are having a tough time buying new cars.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with professor Yarimar Bonilla, director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College. about obstacles ahead for recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona.

NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin has a trick to get her kids to fall asleep at bedtime: lullabies. Science backs it up: Singing to your child helps them fall asleep faster, even than listening to Mozart!

Record-breaking heat hits Texas. Five non-travel related cases of malaria have been reported in Texas and Florida. Over $200 billion in pandemic business loans appear to be fraudulent, watchdog says.

The Justice Department found constitutional rights violations of adolescent inmates at Rikers Island. Corrections officers are said to use solitary confinement as a first-resort disciplinary action.

In Louisiana, COVID-19 vaccination rates are rising, but they are still among the lowest in the country. As cases surge, vaccine hesitancy among health care workers has officials concerned.

It's gotten a lot tougher to poll voters these days. People aren't picking up the phone, nobody wants to talk to pollsters and it's becoming a crisis for the polling industry.

A case of New World screwworm has been found in a calf in Texas. The flesh-eating fly, which was eradicated from the U.S. in the 1960s, poses a major threat to the cattle industry.

Federally funded health centers across the U.S. fear a government shutdown could further disrupt medical care for the uninsured and undocumented. They already face inflation and staffing challenges.

The Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado has destroyed more than 300 homes, leaving residents in shock. Firefighters are slowly getting the blaze under control, but many in the community don't yet know what's left of their homes.

The program has already graduated 22 teachers in more than two years.

Peter Finney is a sports columnist with the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. He celebrates 60 years covering sports in "The Big Easy" and reflects on some of his most cherished memories.

Earlier this month, Florida lawmakers learned that the state had a 15% error rate in 2024, which will soon cost the state roughly $1 billion a year.

Is Stuart Davis is a musician who makes jokes — or a comedian who makes music? Or, is he a religious man who also appreciates the life of the flesh, and rock and roll? He says his three favorite things in life are sex, God, and rock and roll — so his new show is about just that. Host Scott Simon talks to Stuart Davis, who writes, directs, and stars in the show.

The iPhone went on sale Friday, after much hype. But by Saturday, the long lines were for people who wanted to try the phones, not buy them. Everybody was curious but slow to buy as there were concerns about the carrier; No. 3 AT&T. Sentiments are mixed as to whether it has lived up to its promise.