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The U.S. had halted inspections of avocados from Mexico on Saturday, after a USDA inspector received a verbal threat.

Jim O'Grady of member station WNYC visits with a man who lost his home on Staten Island to Hurricane Sandy. He now has no place to live, and when he can't find a place he's been sleeping in his car.

With a historic shortage of homes for sale, investors making cash offers are pushing first-time homebuyers out of the market.

"That was an incredibly troubling outcome," doping expert April Henning says of Russian skating star Kamila Valieva's collapse. She says Valieva "was failed at all levels" by the adults around her.

While one University of South Florida anthropologist continues her work further exploring more than 40 unmarked cemeteries and burial grounds in Hillsborough County, another is focusing on lost Black cemeteries.

The move allow international tourists and business travelers into the country for the first time in almost two years.

Smaller budgets, fewer employees and increased duties have added up to taxpayer frustration this filing season. The IRS is establishing a "surge team" to put resources on the processing challenges.

Less than three years ago Volodymyr Zelenskyy was best known for his work as an actor. Now, he's facing down a Russian invasion.

Hair and makeup workers at the Atlanta Opera want to collectively bargain. But the opera is arguing that the workers are independent contractors, and not employees.

Batteries for electric cars are creating demand for more nickel — and a court case brought by an Indigenous community near a Guatemalan nickel mine could have broad implications.

NPR's Michel Martin discusses the new documentary series One Thousand Years of Slavery with one of the experts featured in it, historian Spencer Crew.

Opponents say the bills would further stigmatize LGBTQ people and limit teachers’ abilities to discuss the realities of American history.

DeSantis noted that the tornadoes disproportionately impacted the homes of vulnerable seniors.

The fight by an Indian reality television star to get websites to erase his driving under the influence arrest recalls a larger movement to be forgotten.

For fans of the Iditarod, there's a way to get up close to the sled dog race without ever going outside: fantasy mushing. It's a collaboration between coder David Hunt and musher Danny Seavey.

As fears grow of a Russian invasion of his country, the Ukrainian president offered to meet with his Russian counterpart. The U.S. warned of swift sanctions against Russia if it moves into Ukraine.

Charlie Crist is the top Democrat running for governor in a new poll, yet is far behind Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in his re-election bid.

The resignation of a Levi Strauss & Co. executive this week has prompted big questions about corporations and speech. Where is the line between personal and professional opinions?

Scott Simon talks to former Olympics figure skater Polina Edmunds about the current controversies and the future of the sport.

Florida Matters wants to know how the lack of affordable housing has affected residents across the greater Tampa Bay region. Tell us your story.

An infectious disease specialist says a buildup of population immunity is influencing the decline in omicron cases.

Newly sworn-in Census Bureau Director Robert Santos told NPR it's important to make sure there are policies in place to better protect the agency from any future political interference.

Children were forbidden from using their native languages and from practicing their religion and culture. They were given new Anglo-American names, clothes, and were forced to cut their hair.

If Russia invades, "there will be an even greater form of brutality because this will not simply be some conventional war between two armies," President Biden's national security adviser says.

Wall Street Journal reporter Erich Schwartzel says that film studios increasingly need Chinese audiences to break even — which can result in self-censorship. His new book is Red Carpet.