Search results for

The teams of paid staff and medical school student volunteers aren’t just bandaging cuts and handing out aspirin. They’re providing follow-up visits for chronic conditions and working with specialists.

More than 200,000 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19. We hear from three areas of the country about how the pandemic has affected life there.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Pratap Bhanu Mehta, a political analyst in Kolkata, about what India's latest election means for Prime Minister Modi and the country's democracy.

The late hip-hop producer left behind troves of unfinished music. How do you dig into the vault of an artist like Dilla and assemble an album that remains true to their creative vision?

Dr. Homer Venters describes a number of traumatic outcomes related to subpar medical care inside the New York City jail complex, including the death of a man who was denied insulin during intake.

Annual inflation fell to 4.9% in April — the lowest it's been in two years — but prices are still climbing. A spike in used car prices contributed to last month's jump in the cost-of-living index.

Plans for a statewide office focused on rising sea levels and more electric vehicle charging stations along Florida highways are moving forward in the...

Local governments also redistrict every 10 years, though under less scrutiny than states. In Santa Barbara County, Calif., an independent commission is taking its first crack at mapmaking.

Two Los Angeles-based artists have made it their life’s mission to create new spaces where people can grieve together in the form of flower altars.

There are parallels between the demonstrations in the Republic of Georgia and Ukraine's 2014 revolution. One expert says while there are many similarities, there is one big difference to consider.

One suburban Kansas resident is pressing state lawmakers to legalize raccoons as pets. He says they're smarter and friendlier than people give them credit for.

From disco to Afrobeats, King Charles's new Apple Music playlist features his fave tunes from former U.K. colonies. Can music heal royal rifts?

Small-town life is upended when 17 schoolchildren suddenly vanish without explanation in the middle of the night. Weapons is a spooky thriller that invites deeper interpretation.

Violence continues in Haiti, despite the appointment of a new prime minister. The international airport was shut down after shots were fired at a landing commercial flight.

Father Tom Reese of Religion News Service talks about the death of Pope Francis and the upcoming process to elect his successor.

Anthony Fauci appeared before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic to answer questions about the pandemic response and the origins of the coronavirus.

Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics head. In Argentina, the government manipulated the inflation rate. Economists went rogue to calculate the real rate, and people lost trust in the numbers.

Grammy-winning country songwriter Don Schlitz passed away this month at 73. He was the writer behind songs such as Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler" and Randy Travis' "Forever and Ever, Amen".

Across the country, climate hubs aim to better understand how climate change affects agriculture, but the future of the hubs is uncertain.

Many businesses in Minnesota will be closed Friday as demonstrators plan protests and a statewide economic blackout to push back against the ongoing ICE enforcement in the state.

A one-episode reboot of "The Muppet Show" airs on February 4. Jim Henson, the show's late creator, always hoped they'd live on. We'll hear excerpts from a Morning Edition interview Henson gave in 1986.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with California Attorney General Rob Bonta about the lawsuit filed to stop the merger of Paramount and Warner Brothers.

A village destroyed. A home erased. One poet returns to remember what was lost.

A first-of-its-kind national study looks at the impacts of cell phone bans in schools.