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The Patriot Freedom Project has raised around $900,000 to support alleged Jan. 6 Capitol rioters. The group says the funds support defendants, but families have raised concerns about transparency.

A subsidiary of ConAgra Foods is poised to plead guilty to a criminal charge and pay the largest-ever criminal fine in a food safety case after an outbreak in its peanut butter sickened at least 625 people in 47 states.

Salsa music has its roots in multiple places. The International Salsa Museum is holding pop-up exhibitions in New York City. The museum's leaders hope to open a permanent site in 2029.

"Shark Week" is back for a 35th year. The show has been criticized for becoming more sensational and for presenting graphic animal violence. So what's the truth behind shark attacks?

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Khaled Elgindy of the Middle East Institute about this week's Israeli incursion in the West Bank, and whether there are any chances for peace.

Pakistani troops have raided a militant camp and arrested a suspected mastermind in the deadly attacks last month in Mumbai, India. Is India satisfied with Pakistan's military operations against militants?

A new study finds that tai chi is better than conventional aerobic exercise at lowering blood pressure in middle-aged people with prehypertension.

Democrats this week introduced a rare procedural move to force a vote on the Dream Act, while Republicans rolled out a conservative-friendly option aimed at resolving the legal status of Dreamers.

COVID hospitalizations among children have increased 97% over the last week to 575 admissions per day. Infectious disease experts talk about treating children with omicron and who is most at-risk.

At a public hearing before the vote, around 30 residents urged commissioners to vote against an ordinance repealing the local affordable housing act.

An English soccer player this week followed in his brother's footsteps by debuting for an elite German club. NPR looks at why so many sets of siblings make it to the highest levels in sport.

According to a court filing Monday, the family pulled about $10.7 billion from Purdue since 2008 — ramping up withdrawals even after executives pleaded guilty to misleading regulators about OxyContin.

“This is not going to stop here. It’s going to evolve and be something that FloridaRAMA continually does.”

Selling cars to the group that follows the millennials won't be easy. Instead of just making cars, automakers are trying to make a move, whether it's car-sharing, ride-hailing or self-driving.

Heather Church will never forget the day, many years ago, when she tripped on the stairs in a busy clothing store. Before her head could hit the ground, someone caught her.

With New York's Times Square set to mark its 100th anniversary this month, writer James Traub releases The Devil’s Playground, the story of how this mercurial district became one of the most famous and exciting places in the world. Hear NPR's Howard Berkes and Traub.

A food historian's claim that the most Scottish of dishes originated in England has prompted consternation from Aberdeen to Inverness. But former world champion haggis maker Robert Patrick is having none of it.

Sen. Anna Eskamani says this includes delayed processing and people getting locked out of their accounts.

The move came as the White House announced policy actions across 20 agencies meant to improve the criminal justice system, which disproportionately affects Black and other non-white communities.

Professor William Labov, a University of Pennsylvania linguist and author of the new book Atlas of North American English Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change, says there is a shift of vowel sounds in the inland northern cities. He calls it the "northern city shift."

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Smithsonian curator John Troutman and blues musician Dom Flemons about the new folk music album, Playing for the Man at the Door.

U.S. schools are debating removing Confederate names. As part of NPR's series on democracy, We Hold These Truths, we examine the debate at Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville.

NPR remembers the beginning of Russia's war on Ukraine and the way it transformed the Ukrainian people.

Abumrad set out to compose film scores, but instead turned his focus to journalism. He has a new podcast miniseries called The Vanishing of Harry Pace.

Philippe Lazzarini has visited Gaza three times since the war began. He says each time he can't imagine the situation could get more desperate — and then it does.