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The U.S. government estimates that about 31,000 Americans die each year as a result of suicide. Methods of suicide vary widely. But in the February issue of Flying magazine, pilot and contributing editor Peter Garrison writes about the phenomenon of suicide by airplane.

Pakistani filmmaker Wajahat Malik pulled together an expedition to raft down the 2,000-mile river. He hopes to reconnect people with the Indus, which is being threatened by overuse and climate change.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sentor Thom Tillis and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, leaders of the bipartisan congressional delegation to NATO in Madrid, Spain.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have left Gaza in the past year, as conditions there have worsened.

The hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin fiascoes have soured many doctors on repurposing drugs for COVID. A few inexpensive old drugs may be as good as some of the new antivirals, but they face complex obstacles to get to patients.

NPR's Ari Shapiro reports from Warsaw on how Ukrainian children are being educated in Poland.

The U.S. awaits a consequential Supreme Court decision that could overturn federal abortion rights, and one man has had a outsized influence on the conservative makeup of that court: Leonard Leo.

While they face longer and hotter wildfire seasons, federal firefighters are also battling staffing shortages in six of the nine regions across the country.

The rally by white supremacists protesting the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee left one counter-protester dead and several injured.

After cracking the American pop charts last year, the Colombian reggaeton star is following the success of "Mi Gente" with his fifth album, Vibras. And he knows you're still listening.

Mental health advocates hope the new hotline will make it easier to get support if you're in crisis or helping someone who is. Here's how it works and what could stand in its way.

DeSantis allies and appointees are replacing longtime incumbents on the Miami-Dade and Broward County School Boards — positioning them to advance conservative policy priorities in some of the state's most Democratic-leaning counties.

Seventy-eight-year-old Angelita Perez owns and still works as a caregiver at Hillcrest Care, a small assisted living facility she founded in 2014 in El Dorado Hills, Calif.

Since 2020, office workers have waged an epic battle to work remotely. They're mostly winning.

Half a decade later, we look back at Irma’s impact and the changes in hurricane preparedness and response that it brought to Florida.

Absentee ballots are already on their way out to voters in Wisconsin, one of the most closely watched states in this year's midterm elections.

As vice president, Biden visited Detroit nearly a dozen times, more than President Barack Obama. He was in Detroit again on Monday, this time campaigning before Michigan's Tuesday primary.

Ayesha Rascoe and Scott Horsley speak with economist Austan Goolsbee about what's driving inflation and why so many economic forecasts have been wrong.

The World Health Organization and the U.S. have declared monkeypox a public health emergency. From how it spreads to preventive measures, here's what you need to know about the disease.

Charlotte County communications director Brian Gleason discusses the recovery efforts in Charlotte County following Hurricane Ian, and what remains to be done.

There is an oil rush in North Dakota right now. The state is pumping out 10 times the crude oil it did a decade ago. Fortunes are being made, and once-sleepy towns are now bursting at the seams.

One year to the day after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the country is transformed. What's ahead as the war enters its second year and how are Ukrainians thinking about the future?

St. Petersburg community members and housing experts weigh in on redevelopment proposals for the site of Tropicana Field ahead of an expected decision on Monday.

The Twitter CEO's selective release of internal communications largely corroborate what is already known about the messy business of policing a large social network.

Pediatric cases of RSV and flu have sent families crowding into ERs, as health systems struggle with staff shortages. In Michigan, only 9 out of more than 130 hospitals have a pediatric ICU.