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St. Petersburg will oversee the redevelopment and retain control of the marina, a key change from previous attempts to breathe new life into the downtown waterfront facility.

The court's liberal wing has no desire to overturn the court's precedents, but its conservatives want to focus on accommodating religion in public schools and other public institutions.

It was unclear how many people were on board the aircraft or if anyone on the ground was hurt. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are launching investigations.

A week before Election Day, Vice President Harris used the backdrop to lay out the case for turning the page on the divisive and chaotic politics of her Republican opponent.

The U.S. will nearly double its contingent for the women's half marathon championship to fix what officials call an unprecedented problem: an official vehicle took the leading runners off the course.

"Californians want better and need better from their politicians," the 71-year-old Republican said. The state's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, is likely to face a recall election this year.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with singer-songwriter Maddie Zahm about her new album, Now That I've Been Here, and her whirlwind couple of years since going viral for the song "Fat Funny Friend."

Sports anchor Maria Taylor quit ESPN after contract talks broke down and a white colleague suggested that Taylor was promoted because she is Black.

A win for Democrats in Georgia followed by a defection from the party, as Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema announces that she's now an Independent.

Two Central American fathers in El Paso were just released from ICE custody and reunited with their toddlers. Attorneys say the reunification process is ongoing, but haphazard and poorly coordinated.

The new documentary Hiding in Plain Sight is an investigation of the mental health challenges of youth in the U.S., which Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has flagged as a "real and widespread" problem.

In Florida, an effort is underway to remove more than million cubic feet of muck sullying the Indian River Lagoon, considered North America's most biologically diverse estuary. It's a mess.

Sometimes one person's insight transforms medicine. Dr. John Clements is one of those people. In the 1950s he discovered a slippery lung substance key to breathing, and to the survival of tiny babies.

A new California law regulates how autographed items may be sold. Originally intended to cover sports memorabilia and an apparently thriving market in fake autographs, bookstores are worried it will shut down popular author book signings. Now one of them has filed suit.

NASA has selected the astronauts who will fly on the first commercial space flights.

The attack at the Maryland newspaper in 2018 killed five employees. The gunman has pleaded guilty and the jury is set to decide whether he was "criminally responsible for reason of insanity."

The Atlantic Coast Conference decided to pull many post-season tournaments out of North Carolina this season due to a controversial state law. This move follows the NCAA decision to remove college championship games out of the state.

NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman examines what Pelé meant to soccer. The legendary Brazilian player died this week at age 82. Also, we look ahead to the College Football Playoff.

Marilyn Albert, co-director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Johns Hopkins, talks to Melissa Block about Alzheimer's patient Tom DeBaggio, how the disease progresses, and hopes for treatment.

In the midst of California's housing crisis, one quick fix is the "granny flat." These small backyard units are all the rage in recent years, due in part to legislation that made building them easier.

Restarting stalled negotiations on a new farm bill is on the Congressional agenda when lawmakers return to Washington Monday.

Taiwan was rocked Tuesday by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit off the coast. But the causalities and destruction are minimal compared to a devastating earthquake that the island nation in 1999.

A panel of judges in Louisiana has just ended telemedicine access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationally.

Fifty years ago one of the chief operators of the mass execution of Jews was tried for crimes against humanity. In her new book, The Eichmann Trial, author and historian Deborah Lipstadt explains how the trial transformed Jewish life and changed our perception of the victims of genocide.

Based on the Isabel Wilkerson book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, filmmaker Ava DuVernay searches for the root causes of racism in the United States in the movie Origin.