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No new money will flow into the state's premier land conservation program this upcoming fiscal year — three years after lawmakers committed to spending a minimum of $100 million a year. They're set to vote on the budget today.

Food insecurity affects more families now than during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Alek Hermon didn't think much of his father's overnight nurse until his father died.

A family of four must earn at least $106,000 annually to afford basic needs across the region, according to United Way's 2026 ALICE report.

Justin Leonard and Matthew Kurvink, who are serving sentences for armed robbery, share what it's like to train wild horses at Four Mile Correctional Facility in Colorado.

Poet and performance artist John Giorno launched Dial-a-Poem in the 1960s to deliver random poems over the phone. Now, a group continues his work on a new medium -- the internet.

For decades, youth employment was down. But now the labor market is stretched thin and young people are working again.

Legal experts are calling on Congress to put new restrictions on a president's power to deploy troops on American soil.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Reuters reporter Ned Parker about the abuse and hostility against judges hearing cases involving former President Donald Trump.

When Richard III's skeleton was found under a parking lot in England in 2012, it was an exciting enough discovery for the general public, but a game-changer for Yvonne Morley-Chisholm.

In many Muslim-majority countries around the world, this is a festive week, a time to celebrate the "Eid al-Adha." Turkish Muslims are marking an annual holiday with charity — despite high prices.

The world's longest road race happens each year in Queens, where participants run around and around the same block for a distance of more than 3,000 miles.

A new student debt payment program promises to be the most affordable repayment plan ever. Is it?

A survey of 2,000 people found no shared definition of the word "abortion," researchers at the Guttmacher Institute report.

Sesame Workshop has new resources for kids affected by the opioid epidemic, featuring videos explaining addiction and treatment. (This first aired on All Things Considered on Dec. 4, 2023.)

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, failed a second ballot for Speaker of the House, leaving the chamber and the GOP without a path forward.

The Safe Summer Series hopes to promote safe and structured fun as the Tampa Bay area sees a spike in "teen takeover" gatherings, a number of which have ended in shootings and arrests.

To honor the dads in our lives for Father's Day, we're sharing some of the best life advice our listeners ever got from their dads.

Hurricane Idalia is the second major hurricane to hit the state in nearly a year. NPR's Scott Simon asks Stephanie Colombini about recovery efforts.

Services across the Holy Land memorialized the Palestinian civilians killed Thursday when an Israeli airstrike hit the Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza City, where some 400 people were sheltering.

A visit to the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, by kayak. That's where Gov. Greg Abbott has installed a floating barrier made of giant buoys to deter migrants

In Vancouver, the Squamish Nation had a chance to do what many housing advocates dream of, developing a plot of prime urban real estate without zoning constraints. So what did they build? Housing.

Tuesday will be a test of President Trump's political power as voters in Indiana decide whether to back state senate incumbents Trump wants out or the challengers he has endorsed.

The move paves the way for the Senate to confirm Kevin Warsh, the president's nominee to head the central bank.

Legacy sports news outlets are drying up as fans flock to "sports therapy" video streams and podcasts.