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Pregnant women in prison face difficult circumstances, and data on their pregnancies has been scarce. New research lays the groundwork for addressing this neglected public health issue.

Playing competitive youth soccer can cost families a small fortune, excluding kids who might excel at the sport. There are efforts around the country to get more kids in the game.

Schools contending with soaring student mental health needs and other challenges have been struggling to determine just how much COVID is to blame. Are emotional struggles the sign of a disability that will impair their learning?

The air defense center was created in the 1950s, as a counter to a rival superpower. Now NORAD is front and center again, prompting questions about what it does — and how it copes with modern threats.

Tornadoes hit hard in parts of Oklahoma and Texas, destroying homes and businesses. More than 100 buildings suffered damage in the rural Oklahoma town of Idabel.

Yordan Alvarez hit a moon shot that sent Space City into a frenzy, and the Houston Astros to their second World Series title.

Winter is the fastest warming season across the U.S. and New England's winters are no exception. A snowplow driver in New Hampshire reflects on what climate change means.

The total number of violations is still much lower than it was two decades ago. But violations have more than tripled since 2015, a trend that has experts troubled.

It’s been one year since Russia invaded Kyiv, Ukraine. To the shock of many l, that war is still being waged. The rumblings of war are felt in Orlando, where about a half dozen wounded Ukrainian soldiers are being fitted for prosthetic legs.

Those who damage religious cemeteries, project images of religious “animus” onto a property without permission, or harass others due to religious-based garments could face third-degree felonies.

Desire, I Want to Turn Into You is a natural next step in the adventurous songwriter's series of evolutions, one that embraces ridiculousness and beckons pop toward a rigorous, maximalist sound.

Medicaid enrollment swelled during the pandemic. And some states are being especially aggressive at policing their rolls.

Makers of products like Children's Tylenol say they're trying to keep up with big demand as RSV, flu, and COVID spread. But medical experts note that kids' fevers don't always call for medicine.

Human bodies use light to help tune their body clocks, and that's true even for some blind people. How does this work? It's a circadian mystery.

Earlier this year, three activists who are opposed to COVID vaccines and standard treatment protocols for the illness were elected to the board of Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

Authorities are looking for Benjamin Obadiah Foster, who they accuse of kidnapping and assaulting a woman in Oregon — years after he was charged with holding his then-girlfriend captive in Las Vegas.

Steve Silberman was one of the late David Crosby's closest friends — something you'll know if you follow his Twitter feed which has, since the singer died earlier this month, been filled with photographs of the two.

A 42-year-old Pakistani man who spent nearly half his life in U.S. custody has been released from Guantánamo and resettled in Belize after suing the Biden administration for unlawful imprisonment.

The balloon has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days, The Pentagon decided not to shoot it down due to risks of harm for people on the ground, officials said.

Founded by refugee musicians, a music institute in Southern Turkey tries to revive forgotten Syrian classics and integrate Turkish and Syrian cultures with music the two have shared for centuries.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with conservative columnist Mona Charen about the Conservative Political Action Conference, which just wrapped, and what it tells us about the future of the GOP.

A month after the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, the massive loss of life and ongoing needs are finally becoming clear.

13 million tons of seaweed are bobbing off the coast as this year’s Great Atlantic Sargassum Bloom sets new records.

NPR takes a look at what the new Congress means for progress on House Republican priorities and Biden's legislative agenda. How productive can a divided government be?

With the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season ending next week, state officials are looking at potential changes after Florida got hit by its deadliest storm in nearly nine decades.