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People with obsessive-compulsive disorder are experiencing unique challenges during the coronavirus pandemic. But they can also offer valuable insights into coping with pandemic-induced anxiety.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the record amount of money spent this campaign season, a goodly amount spent by candidates who did not win.

President Trump's campaign plans to challenge vote counts in four battleground states that continued tallying ballots this week. The president wants the Supreme Court to intervene in the election.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Nse Ufot, CEO of the New Georgia Project. The organization registered a large number of new voters in the state.

Every day, the number of outstanding ballots has gotten smaller, and the margins between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden have shifted, in some cases dramatically. We get an update.

A few record high temperatures could be met or exceeded on Thursday, especially in the greater Tampa Bay region.

The former Trump Cabinet member failed to disclose details of his involvement in a Montana development project when questioned by ethics officials, an Inspector General's investigation has found.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Martin Van Der Werf, director of editorial and education policy at Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce, about their new college rankings.

State medical boards have an obligation to investigate complaints about doctors, including those who spread COVID misinformation. But GOP lawmakers in some states want the boards to back off.

Tomiko Brown-Nagin, author of Civil Rights Queen, tells NPR's Ailsa Chang how identity and lived experience loomed large in the confirmation of Constance Baker Motley to the federal bench in 1966.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with Tessa Hadley about her new novel, Free Love and pivoting to writing novels in her 40s.

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a way of using DNA from elephant tusks to solve poaching mysteries and bring animal traffickers to justice.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former CIA Special Operations officer Douglas London about the calculus behind U.S. intelligence disclosures about Russia.

A chef famous in Ukraine for championing the nation's cuisine sees his cooking as part of the anti-Russian resistance.

The political right is making hay out of a recent filing in special counsel John Durham's investigation into the Trump-Russia probe. We break down the truth behind their outlandish claims.

As attention and urgency ramp up around the world over the looming dangers of climate change, a major new federal report released on Tuesday offers a surprising forecast: It actually reduces the amount of sea level rise the world is expected to see as the Earth warms.

Putin says Russia has pulled out some of its 150,000 troops stationed near Ukraine's borders. "There's a difference between what Russia says and what it does," Secretary of State Antony Blinken says.

The possible pay raises for school bus drivers was discussed the same day the Florida House approved slashing funding for Hillsborough County and 11 other school districts.

In video posted to social media of a shopping mall fight, an officer tackles the Black youth who's involved and handcuffs him with the assistance of another officer as the white participant looks on.

The incident, in which someone saw a man in a wetsuit get dragged underwater, is the city's first fatal shark attack since 1963. Beaches are closed while lifeguards patrol for further shark sightings.

Customers have not been required to wear face masks in Publix stores for months.

The air show will once again be held after a four-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While you're sky-gazing, look to the western horizon. Jupiter will be setting there as evening twilight ends. And that bright star? That's Regulus, part of the Leo constellation.

Labor shortages exacerbated by the pandemic have left facilities around the country with empty beds, even though veterans are on waiting lists hoping to move in.

Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP and Shell used terms like "climate" and "low-carbon" more frequently in recent annual reports, but their actions on clean energy didn't match their words, researchers conclude.