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As California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces reductions to health care for migrants in the country illegally, some say that he's moving to the political center ahead of a possible 2028 presidential run.

Former Wall Street Journal China bureau chief James McGregor, now a businessman, gained valuable insight into the emerging markets in China. His new book, One Billion Customers: Lessons From the Front Lines of Doing Business in China, details the ins-and-outs of Chinese business practices, and what President Bush can expect when he arrives in Beijing.

Alabama could soon have a U.S. House delegation that more closely matches its diversity after a redistricting lawsuit. For Black voters, the change has greater significance than who holds the seat.

Over half of Ukraine's UNESCO-protected monuments are in the western city of Lviv. To protect them, city officials are wrapping statues in fireproof material and hiding artifacts in bunkers.

Herban Flow owner Michael Smith says that about 80% of sales from his two stores come from hemp-derived THC products, which is why he's anxious about an impending federal ban on virtually all intoxicating and non-intoxicating hemp and CBD products, effective Nov. 12.

On Monday, a federal judge struck down the CDC's mask mandate for public transportation. Less than 24 hours later, videos emerged on social media of passengers celebrating.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Adam Tanner from Consumer Reports about the range of prices COVID-19 testing companies can charge in the United States.

Thursday's attack in the Afghan capital Kabul killed dozens of people. What does the attack mean for the U.S. evacuation efforts in the Afghan capital, and for U.S. national security?

Christopher Scott served over a decade in prison, and there he developed a passion for soap operas. Now free, he still keeps his appointment with General Hospital.

Attorney Richard Kammen's new novel — Tortured Justice Guantánamo Bay — is partly based on his experience. He describes the justice system there as broken. Why didn't he go the nonfiction route?

When Adam Putnam announced his candidacy for Governor of the state of Florida last year, he stood on the steps of the stately old Polk County courthouse…

A 95-year-old woman had hoped the land could be preserved for a park, but her estate and Pinellas County couldn't agree on a price. Now, it is being sold to developers.

Bill sponsor Bob Rommel said the legislation would “send a message” that Florida won’t engage with corporations using “progressive ideology” or “exercising corporate activism when issuing bonds.”

Among the possible reasons are the costs associated with burials and the ability to find next of kin.

Hundreds of people are still being plucked daily from the roofs of their homes or other buildings in New Orleans as the Coast Guard and U.S. military conduct the largest airlift operation in the nation's history. But some residents are defying calls to leave the city.

For many Indigenous cultures, a solar eclipse honors tradition.

The award is shared by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of MIT and James Robinson of the University of Chicago for their research on the institutional roots of national wealth and poverty. They will split the prize money of 11 million Swedish krona or about $1.058 million.

For Floridians, much better than winning the Florida Lotto or being bitten by a shark.

Don't expect a pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq in the near future. An increase in sectarian violence and U.S. dependence on Middle East stability -- largely because of oil-supply concerns -- argue against leaving Iraq.

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author Ocean Vuong reflects on what his mother taught him about storytelling.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the actor Rainn Wilson about his new memoir, The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy.

Some lucky sports fans are in Paris, but most Olympics viewers are watching from home. NPR Pop Culture Critic Linda Holmes gives host Scott Simon her review of the broadcast coverage so far.

Lessing's 1962 novel, The Golden Notebook, is considered one of the great works of the 20th Century. It's been called by many the first feminist novel, a distinction Lessing always rejected.

Many animals, including some exotic ones, flourish along the margins of suburban development: red-tailed hawks, coyotes, snakes. Lisa Couturier tells Jennifer Ludden about her book The Hopes of Snakes. It weaves stories of animals with the lives of humans around them.

Heat author Bill Buford finds "his McGee" indispensable — that is, Harold McGee's essential tome On Food and Cooking. "McGee is the most important person alive writing about food," Buford says.