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Opening arguments began in the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers who are being accused of violating George Floyd's civil rights when he was detained and killed by Derek Chauvin.

Led by their eldest sibling, who is 13, they managed to find food and shelter. All four, including a year-old baby, stayed safe until Colombian special forces and Indigenous guides rescued them.

Imagine catching a really big fish — 7 feet long and weighing 240 pounds and estimated to be 100 years old. Oh, and you caught it in the Detroit River.

A subcontractor had sued, and after mediation the welder was ordered to pay $23,500. An attorney declined to accept the delivery saying the office elevator couldn't lift more than 3,000 pounds.

Famous for baby boxes and expansive pro-family policies, Finland continues to see one of the lowest birth rates in Europe, as a case study in how policy solutions may not address the population shift.

"What's good for the heart is good for the brain," one neuroscientist says. In addition to physical exercise, researchers say mental exercise, socializing and a good diet can help preserve memory.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Donald Kohn, former vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, about the latest economic data on inflation, and the outlook for the economy.

Top state-level election officials react to the Jan. 28 raid on the Fulton County, Ga, elections office. The FBI executed a search warrant seeking ballots from the 2020 election.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., about his office's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's financial transactions -- and why he is urging the U.S. attorney general to act further.

Monday is an important day on NASA's Artemis II mission. The crew is preparing for its lunar flyby and setting a record along the way: the farthest that humans have ventured in space.

An offer of savings on health insurance failed to motivate people to lose a modest amount of weight at a Philadelphia hospital system.

AS Syrian rebels gained control of Damascus, Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia. But the excitement about a new Syria comes with uncertainty about what the future holds.

"It's just the inefficiency of trying to fix something which is orbiting 400 miles over your head instead of in your laboratory," said Paul Hertz, the director of astrophysics for NASA.

Food banks face limited supplies. A food bank in Roanoke, Va., is working with local community members, health care providers and other nonprofits to explore new ways to address hunger.

Ruffalo's up for an Oscar for Poor Things, a bawdy, dark comedy set in Victorian times. The film is a departure from his work in films like Zodiac and Spotlight. Originally broadcast Feb. 13, 2024.

While the state has ramped up efforts to push people back into the labor force, it has also seen the number of people leaving jobs jump from 193,000 in Sept. 2020 to 264,000 in Sept. 2021.

Their once-shared talent agency sent Hollander a box office bonus check intended for Holland. The check was 7 figures. Hollander told Late Night host Seth Meyers it was the most money he'd ever seen.

NPR's go-to books guru shares some "under the radar" reads. Several of her recommendations — including fiction, fantasy and nonfiction — will make you reconsider your definition of a map.

The findings of an annual report on how abortion is depicted on TV are released today.

A proposal to redistribute hundreds of millions of dollars away from safety-net hospitals and toward increasing base Medicaid payments at all hospitals...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share moments from their lives and work around the world.

For years, claims of abuse, beatings, rapes and murder of students by staff have come from those who survived the Dozier School for Boys, the now-closed…

This week on Florida Matters, we're continuing our preview of the upcoming Florida Legislative session. State lawmakers have filed a half-dozen bills…

Alejandro Arcos was sworn in last Monday as mayor of Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero state, where Acapulco is located.

There's new urgency to get billions of dollars in federal rental assistance to tenants and landlords. Memphis, without an eviction ban since July, has figured out some things that work.