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The White House is deep in the midst of a tax overhaul push. Also, we look at the damage from Hurricane Irma and Russia's investigation of a watchdog group called the SOVA Center.

Instagram and Facebook are under scrutiny after being accused of harmful body-image messages. We hear from teenagers who say Instagram can be a stresser — but it's hard to quit.

Living near parks can boost health. But low-income communities of color often have less access than their wealthier, white counterparts. One project aims to change that by revamping schoolyards.

The shops, located in retail spaces, offer patients convenience and access to medical tests without a doctor's orders. Physicians say that's precisely the problem. Test results could spark panic in some patients and drive up health costs.

Some fans of the late singer have taken to social media to denounce the use of digital technology to make her sound older.

Reporter-turned-novelist Gene Kerrigan sets his story in Ireland after the 2008 financial crisis. The Rage is a boundlessly readable portrait of a country in which ordinary citizens have been hit the hardest and all the old certainties have vanished.

Missouri is turning to voters after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned 'Roe v. Wade.' Abortion rights advocates are trying to repeal the ban in 2024 — and that includes a new Republican-led nonprofit.

People who default on their student loans could hear from a private debt collector. The government turns to collection agencies to get payments out of people who often don't work and can't have their wages or tax returns garnished.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Omar Apollo about his psychedelically soulful music and his full-length album, "Ivory."

More than 1,400 members of Venezuelan security forces crossed the border hoping to one day return. Some say they're losing steam as efforts to depose the administration have fizzled.

Fueled by the worst economic crisis in decades, Bolivians are voting for a new president and Congress, which is heading for a runoff between a centrist and far-right candidate later this year.

A Los Angeles institution spared from the flames gives back to the community with donations and magic tricks to lift evacuees' spirits.

The war in Iran has slowed down international shipping, much of which contains medical and humanitarian goods destined for Asia and Africa.

The musician best known for recording the surf-rock-inspired guitar in the James Bond theme has died. Vic Flick was 87 years old.

The Scottish-born comic became a U.S. citizen in 2008. He showcases his goofy sense of humor, and his appetite for the unpredictable, in a new five-part documentary series for CNN.

President Trump said it was "highly unlikely" he would fire Jerome Powell, but also said he discussed the idea with Republican lawmakers who expressed support.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Alexa Gruman, who is 24 years old and from a family of Democrats in Minnesota. She's long considered herself a "proud liberal," but a recent job is changing her political identity.

Father Jim Martin, a Jesuit priest, remembers Pope Francis, who has died at age 88. Martin is editor-at-large of America Media, which is a national Catholic magazine.

Hannah Shirley has became the oldest living pigmy hippo in managed care ever in the world. Before her posh life at the Ramona Wildlife Center in San Diego, she was living in a backyard in California.

Abigail Spanberger, Virginia's first woman governor, says she's ready to push back on President Trump's "bad policies" for the sake of Virginians.

Two days after VA nurse Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents, we learn more about who he was from his friend.

Survivor 50 ends Wednesday night. NPR's Stephen Thompson shares what he thinks makes a good season of the show — and which season of all 50 is the best.

After months of trying to balance confrontation and collaboration, California Gov. Gavin Newsom seized a volatile moment on Tuesday to speak not just to California but to the nation.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Vali Nasr, a scholar of Iranian politics at Johns Hopkins University, about Tehran rejecting a second round of talks with the U.S.

For-profit nursing homes say the coronavirus has left them almost broke and needing financial help from the government. But critics say their business model is the problem.