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Julie Brown tells WLRN that millions of newly released documents related to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case is a litmus test of the American justice system's ability to protect its most vulnerable.

The entire state of Florida is at some level of risk for wind damage or a tornado over the next 24 hours. Here's a look at when the storms are most likely to arrive in your region.

Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.) talks about his efforts in the Senate to push for greater civil liberties protections against surveillance under the Patriot Act.

Former FEMA Director Michael Brown blames Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and other top agency officials for the inadequate response to Hurricane Katrina. Brown testified Friday before the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

At a Tennessee summer camp, children who stutter find acceptance and build confidence in their communication skills. Its purpose isn't to get rid of their stutters, but let them be themselves.

The endangered deer species on the Florida Keys is being threatened by rising seas, and that is raising uncomfortable questions for wildlife managers. The deer are the size of a golden retriever.

In a first-of-its-kind verdict, the jury found Meta hid what it knew about child exploitation on its social media platforms, prioritizing profits over safety.

Community leaders saw early in the pandemic that the city's residents of color were being hit hard by COVID-19. They worked with data analysts to show just how hard, where and why.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with NPR senior editor Ron Elving about the week's political news.

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case involving the scope of the Clean Water Act. The justices also said they will hear arguments next year involving the Telecommunications Act.

The FBI has launched a new diversity initiative aimed at reaching out to historically Black colleges and universities to try to recruit more African Americans to be special agents.

There's a shortage of healthcare workers in the U.S. and school systems are coming up with creative ways to interest students in becoming medical professionals.

In a new memoir, Jimmy Carter writes about his post-presidential life and his peacemaking efforts worldwide. Carter says the last 25 years could not have been more unpredictable or more gratifying.

A new book of children's poems and illustrations features the fun of mixed-up words from Shel Silverstein. And a new CD collects some of the late author's songs, including "A Boy Named Sue," performed by Johnny Cash.

Best known for his series about Louisiana cop Dave Robicheaux, crime writer James Lee Burke moves westward in his latest novel. Rain Gods has a different protagonist, Hackberry Holland, and is set in the dry landscape of Texas.

Nutritionist Rovenia Brock, aka. Dr. Ro, knows that eating well is easier said than done. She's an authority on fitness and diet, and her advice to those starting out on a new fitness regimen is simple: Adopt a meal plan and a movement plan that you can live with, right now.

In More Information Than You Require, the follow-up to the best-selling The Areas of My Expertise, John Hodgman offers another compilation of false facts and trivia.

Coldplay is one of the best-selling bands in the world. In spite of its success, the band has a nagging problem: charges that it plagiarized not one, but three other artists to write its recent hit, "Viva La Vida." Yusuf Islam, aka Cat Stevens, is the latest accuser.

Alice Sebold has produced difficult books before: The Lovely Bones centers on a 14-year-old looking down from heaven after her own rape and murder. Her latest, The Almost Moon, features a middle-aged woman who murders her ailing elderly mother.

The violinist, vocalist and composer says that writing a piece like her prize-winning Partita for 8 Voices begins with "having a sound in your head that you really want to hear."

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many people to make changes in their lives. NPR's Rachel Martin spoke to two people about how they reinvented their careers.

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with music critic Gerrick Kennedy, who has spent a lot of time researching and thinking about Whitney Houston's lasting legacy, about his book: Didn't We Almost Have it All.

Family planning clinics are getting caught between state abortion bans and a federal requirement to refer patients for abortion care on request.

Kate Bowler has lived with stage 4 cancer for years. Her new memoir details what she's found out about herself and suffering. "You have to learn to be present, even when things are absurd," she says.

It's not a lost episode of The Americans — Russians Among Us dives into the very real, decades-long Russian spy campaign in the U.S. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with author Gordon Corera.