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Many Iranians are confused and experiencing mixed emotions right now – some hoping the US strikes will bring an end to the hardline regime, others worry it'll start a broader war.

Team USA's entry in the International Jump Rope Union World Championships, held in Japan this week, includes two pairs of sisters.

Internet culture has infiltrated the English language. New additions to the Cambridge Dictionary this year include skibidi, delulu, tradwife and broligarchy.

Officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, have stepped up security on the city's light rail system after the fatal stabbing of a woman on a train last month.

As Dungeons & Dragons turns 50 this year, we asked listeners for their stories about the game. Here are five people who've

Lasagna Love, a national nonprofit that offers free lasagnas, saw requests for help jump after the pause in SNAP benefits. Despite the shutdown's end, the need for help still remains.

The National Archives Freedom Plane will make Kansas City its first stop on its national tour. The plane will carry some of America's most significant founding-era documents. The tour is in honor of America's 250th anniversary.

Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick faces a tough reelection fight and recently bucked Republican leaders to force a vote on an issue that's important in his district: rising health care costs.

Sylvester Stewart, better known by his stage name Sly Stone, has died at 82. His band Sly and the Family Stone combined psychedelic rock, doo-wop, gospel and surf to create a new sound.

Musician esperanza spalding was in college when she became a fan of Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento. Now she's made an album with him.

Cookbook author Julia Turshen says cooking should be flexible: "[Recipes] are kind of sold to people as prescriptions, these really precise things, ... but I think there's very rarely a wrong answer.

Without dental insurance, William Stork has put off getting his rotten tooth pulled; Medicare doesn't cover the $1,000 procedure. Dentists can't agree on whether all seniors should get that benefit.

New research finds that limiting eating from noon to 8 p.m. helped patients manage weight and blood sugar as much as calorie counting – and was easier to keep up.

For 22 years, Jason Mazzola's life was defined by a genetic condition that can cause autism and intellectual disability. Then he started taking an experimental drug.

Following court decisions restricting the Trump administration's policies on immigration enforcement and cuts to federal agencies GOP lawmakers are pushing back. But they're split on how to respond.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Israel's U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon about his country's strikes.

Two significant legal actions — including a possible decision from the U.S. Supreme Court — are expected this week. While both would be preliminary, they could impact how courts weigh in on such cases going forward.

A U.S. blockade of Iranian ports has gone into effect Monday, while President Trump claims Iran wants to make a deal.

The remnants of Hurricane Helene washed out hundreds of roads and bridges across Western North Carolina. The extensive damage is making it harder to restore power and cell service to thousands.

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks to Sam Levine, former director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, now at UC Berkeley, about the use online data to charge some customers more for products and services.

The apparent second assassination attempt of Donald Trump is stirring concern about growing political violence in the U.S.

Yale University sophomore Jenny Lee decided to stay on campus during the coronavirus outbreak and not return to her family in South Korea. She shares her experience.

Muslim minorities in the northwestern region are targets of a sweeping security operation. Officials say most residents have been returned to society, but relatives say many are sentenced to prison.

Rebecca Traister of New York Magazine talks with Scott Simon about this post-Weinstein moment, in which many of us are considering how we've been complicit in, and affected by, sexual harassment.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined many other commuters walking across the Brooklyn Bridge to work Tuesday morning. Those affected by the massive transit worker strike have been forced to walk, carpool or find other ways to get around.