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The photographer and folklorist documented a caravan of mule-driven wagons that left Mississippi to march on Washington 50 years ago to draw attention to poverty.

Police say 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa shot five people to death in a home in Cleveland, Texas, early Saturday and then fled the area. Investigators are still searching for the suspect.

The Florida Department of Transportation is developing an $11.9 million wildlife overpass across a section of I-4 that’s designed to protect wildlife from the threats posed by the highway.

In a three-minute video, Biden announced that he's running for a second term in the 2024 presidential race. The announcement comes four years to the day from the launch of his 2020 campaign

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Sarah Longwell, a GOP strategist and founder of the Republican Accountability Project, about Trump's comments, and how he was received by Republican voters.

Florida lawmakers approved a tax package that might not give Gov. Ron DeSantis exactly what he requested, but it will provide plenty for him to tout to shoppers and businesses.

If Washington does nothing, Social Security will start to run out of money in about a decade. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, is trying to lead an effort to save Social Security. Is anyone listening?

A new study finds men with low T who used a gel to increase the hormone did not have a higher rate of heart attacks than men on a placebo. But the anti-aging benefits are iffy.

The former New Jersey governor will appear in Manchester Tuesday evening and announce that he's making another run for the GOP nomination. Christie was one of more than a dozen GOP hopefuls in 2016.

A good chunk of the United States is dealing with smoke following a series of wildfires in Canada. Winds have carried the smoke across the Northeast and parts of the Midwest.

One year after anti-abortion rights activists and politicians achieved their goal of overturning Roe v. Wade, they are rethinking where to focus their efforts.

"This is not the time for sightseeing," the Hawaii County Civil Defense agency says. Some 35 structures have been destroyed by lava from 10 active fissures. Officials are also warning of toxic gases.

A study of roughly 2,700 shootings in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia found widening racial disparities after the pandemic began, with black children the most frequent victims.

Changing from gas to more climate-friendly electric appliances can involve expensive retrofits. More companies now offer stoves, heat pumps and water heaters to make it easier and cheaper.

Hospitals say more than 430 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel shattered a temporary ceasefire in a blitz of airstrikes. Israeli leaders say this is only the beginning of a new offensive.

The secretary of Veterans Affairs testified before a house committee today for just the second time during the Trump administration, to explain a national plan to drastically streamline VA bureaucracy.

The reading of Supreme Court opinions can only be seen by those inside the court. An AI project is trying to change that.

The speedboat carrying 10 armed Cubans from the U.S — now part of a widening investigation by both the U.S. and Cuban government — was reported stolen from a Big Pine Key dock by its owner who learned it was missing from the media, according to the Monroe Country Sheriff's Office.

Friday the 13th comes in both February and March this year, bringing scary movies with it. Does releasing horror movies on the scariest day of the year bring a bump at the box office?

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to renowned bassist Pino Palladino and guitar virtuoso and producer Blake Mills about their second full-length collaboration, "That Wasn't a Dream."

Hours after the student was taken into custody in her campus apartment, she was released, after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani expressed concerns about the arrest to President Trump.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the busiest National park in the U.S., but with the park service cutting nearly a quarter of all positions last year, volunteers have made up the difference.

Like it or not, the justices are about to see AI versions of themselves, speaking words that they spoke in court but that were not heard contemporaneously by anyone except those in the courtroom.

Democratic candidates pick up momentum as the elections near. The additional revelations surrounding the search of Mar-a-Lago could help them.

Wildfires, hurricanes, flooding — this fall has brought a wave of natural disasters to the U.S. With that comes many days where schools are closed — and those absences add up.