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Ratcatching isn’t the lucrative industry it once was in King’s Landing.

Will a gradual, region-by-region withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq begin next summer, as has been suggested? There is a growing sense of urgency to remove American troops, but turning the job over to Iraqi security forces is a complex prospect.

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.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Ben Crump, a lawyer for the families of many black Americans killed by police, about his new book Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People.

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.

Knowing not all veterans addicted to drugs are ready to quit, VA doctors are offering clean supplies, mental health care and other services to reduce some of the risks that come with injection drug use.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces emergency contracts to help an increasing number of newly arrived immigrants access shelter

Sunset Beach's tradition is the Holiday Stroll. It's a cross between Halloween and Christmas, with a dash of New Year’s Eve thrown in for good measure.A…

Following All Things Considered's annual Thanksgiving musical chain of gratitude, we asked listeners what's some of the music they're grateful for this year. Here's what they said.

A Trump administration spokesman says Washington will continue to engage the rest of the world in vaccine development but won't be "constrained" by the "corrupt" World Health Organization.

The conflict has heightened tensions on U.S. campuses. What is the role and responsibility of colleges right now?

Many scientists have expressed concerns that rising sea levels and growing population could be problematic for Florida’s coastal communities. Florida…

The Pulse nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016 was, at the time, the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, leaving 49 dead.What if more victims could…

The political stakes in Florida couldn’t get much higher.On Tuesday, voters will pick a new governor and a U.S. Senator. Congressional and state…

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with disinformation researcher Nina Jankowicz about her new book, How to Be a Woman Online: Surviving Abuse and Harassment, and How to Fight Back.

Payne, who came to fame as a teen in the massively popular British boy band One Direction, died in Buenos Aires after falling from his hotel balcony, according to a statement by local officials.

A look at this spring in Georgia's Legislature show how Republicans continue filing bills to put limits on transgender people and how Democrats have tried to respond.

Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program took to the streets of Washington, D.C., and New York on Tuesday to demonstrate against President Trump's move to end the program.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kristin Urquiza of Marked By Covid and Sallie Lynch of Tuesday's Children about meaningful ways to grieve the nearly 300,000 Americans who've died from COVID-19.

James Newton Howard has composed the music for more than 100 films: thrillers, Disney animation and big fantasy series. His latest is the Tom Hanks western, News of the World.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Brian Christian, the author of "The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values," about the impact AI is having on our lives.

The former Starbucks CEO has a better chance than most because of his wealth, but there are reasons George Washington was the nation's only independent president.

A lawsuit alleges the Fox News Channel worked with a wealthy Trump supporter to concoct a false report about the death of a Democratic National Committee staffer.

Some doctors prescribe sublingual immunotherapy, known as SLIT, a serum taken as drops under the tongue. Patients like it, but it is not FDA-approved, so insurance usually doesn't cover it.

The global threat of an outbreak of avian flu has researchers focused on studying how influenza spreads. In their studies, some scientists have found evidence that the "red flu" of 1977 was man-made. Madeleine Brand talks about those findings with Dr. Sydney Spiesel, a Connecticut pediatrician and Slate contributor.