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An additional 44,000 Bright Futures students would have their scholarships expanded under a bill approved Monday by the Senate Education Committee. The...

Political leaders making decisions about coronavirus are often straddling the issues of health and money.Local public health expert Donna Petersen said…

Photojournalists and reporters on the campaign trail are using Instagram to transmit behind-the-scenes photos that you otherwise wouldn't see.

Senators have spent two days confronting nominee Elena Kagan with questions about abortion, gun rights and presidential power. But while she may not get their votes, even Republican leaders say it seems likely she will make it to the Supreme Court.

The retailer says it hired an outside firm to look into the claims against Mike Jeffries. It's a major test for a brand that's remaking its image for a socially conscious era.

The cassette is not only a tool of communication but also one of creation. This week on 8 Tracks, NPR Music's Lars Gotrich celebrates new music released on his favorite format.

Removing pythons helps the ecology of the Everglades - and helps veterans transition from the battlefield to civilian life.

At StoryCorps, T. Chick McClure and their father, Chas McClure, remember the road trip that brought them back together after being estranged for almost 30 years.

Hundreds of people got HIV from sharing dirty needles in rural Scott County, Ind. On Wednesday, county commissioners voted to shutter the syringe exchange widely credited with containing the outbreak.

Sue Bell became one of the first Alzheimer's patients in the U.S. to receive the drug now marketed as Leqembi. Her husband isn't sure if it made a difference.

In August, the fatal police shooting of a young black man in London set off four nights of rioting in many of England's largest cities. Stores were looted, neighborhoods destroyed and more than 4,000 were arrested. A team of researchers tasked with interviewing those who participated in the riots concluded that high tensions between the poor and England's police were largely to blame. Lynn Neary speaks with Paul Lewis of The Guardian newspaper about the findings.

The flash flooding in Texas hit Kerr County the hardest. More than 80 people died and the number is feared to increase as crews reach decimated areas of the Guadalupe River.

A sharply divided Supreme Court limited the Trump Administration's sweeping efforts to eliminate foreign aid. That ruling said the government must pay foreign aid contractors for work they've done.

Read an exclusive excerpt from Zadie Smith's new novel, NW, a nuanced look at class issues in working-class north London. At the heart of the novel: what do those who've done well owe to those they've left behind?

A prescription drug that counters the effects of an opioid overdose will soon be available over the counter.

Edited by Fleming, the book features essays by researchers, music therapists and artists including Yo-Yo Ma and Anna Deavere Smith.

Remember those devastating learning losses that began during the pandemic? Turns out, they began years before COVID-19. Some states are finally turning things around.

In a brutal GOP primary four years ago, now-Gov. Rick Scott blistered opponent Bill McCollum in a television ad highlighting McCollum's opposition to an…

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports prescription pill related deaths in Florida fell sharply in the past few years. State officials have said...

On this episode of Florida Matters, we explore the impact of our immigration system on the Sunshine State.

NPR's Rachel Martin checks back in with a Ukrainian college student, who she met a month ago, about what keeps her going in the midst of war.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with therapist Orna Gurlanik, star of the documentary series "Couples Therapy." The show is challenging the idea that couples therapy is a last-ditch effort for people.

Margot Robbie is Queen Elizabeth I in Mary Queen of Scots. "We re-examine history as a way of understanding what's happening in our present time, and where we're heading in the future," she says.

NATO's secretary general heads to Washington Monday for meetings with President Trump. The visit comes as Trump has expressed growing frustration with Russia over its war in Ukraine.

The International Crisis Group is calling on the United Nations to push the Syrian government to open pathways for humanitarian aid. Melissa Block talks to the group's Peter Harling, who regularly visits Damascus to access the situation there.