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Alexandra Fuller's new memoir recounts her wrenching decision to leave Africa and move to Wyoming with her American husband — and how their marriage fell apart away from the chaos of Africa.

A new report says the number of children who tested positive for the coronavirus in the United States increased by 40% in July.The review of state-level…

Let's face it, life is hard with the ever-looming specter of coronavirus. School has been online for it seems like forever and now children are having to…

Authors Dorthe Nors and Sayaka Murata use bracing good humor to subvert readers' expectations about single women in their new novels, Mirror, Shoulder, Signal and Convenience Store Woman.

Tallahassee can feel far away — especially for anyone who’s driven on a congested Florida interstate. But for me, it’s home.

Ana Lizama is the WUSF Stephen Noble Digital News intern for summer of 2026.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., has battled against tougher gun controls, but now says he wants stronger background checks, limits on the size of ammunition clips, and new so-called red flag laws.

"The president must be held accountable," the House speaker said Tuesday. "No one is above the law."

This year's Oscar-nominated documentaries include a tale of terminal cancer, dispatches from behind bars in Alabama, and stories from Iran and Russia.

The Federal Reserve wrapped up a two-day policy meeting Wednesday. The central bank has moved aggressively to prop up the economy, but Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said more help might be needed.

NPR's Steve Inskeep visits Shenzhen, a city in southern China, where skyscrapers and urban villages teem with life.

Historian Daniel Immerwahr shares surprising stories of U.S. territorial expansion, including how the desire for bird guano compelled the seizure of remote islands. His book is How to Hide an Empire.

Many elite colleges have committed to enrolling more low-income students. But, a new book argues, their efforts at inclusivity still fall short.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Don Hewitt, creator and executive producer of 60 Minutes about his long and distinguished television career. Hewitt has just published a memoir entitled, Tell Me A Story — 50 Years and 60 Minutes on Television. Working with such TV legends as Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, and Mike Wallace, Hewitt has played significant roles in many of television's greatest news moments. They include the launch of the CBS Evening News in 1948, the launch of See It Now with Murrow and Fred Friendly, the 1960 presidential debate, and the creation of 60 Minutes in 1968.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Geoff Edgers, national arts reporter for the Washington Post, who attended the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony Sunday night at the Kennedy Center.

For a musician, essential tremor disorder can be devastating. The disease affects fine motor coordination, causing hands to shake. But guitarist Richard Crandell has found a new way to continue composing and performing.

"I think the more important part of my story for myself at least is that I'm still here," said U.S. luger Emily Sweeney, who suffered a devastating crash at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

The World Health Organization says it is not the time to give out booster shots. President Biden will unveil proposed rules aimed at fighting climate change. Iran's new president takes office.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with former NFL tight end Jermichael Finley about his experience living with the effects of head trauma sustained on the field.

Dylan's electric performance of the song at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival made Joni Mitchell say, "The American folk song has grown up."

Senators voted Thursday on a Republican-backed "skinny" pandemic relief package. But with no Democratic support, the measure was doomed to failure.

Occupy Wall Street says it will protest at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., next week as a run-up to mass demonstrations planned for its Sept. 17 anniversary.

Former Chief Justice Leander Shaw, who died last week at age 85, lay in state Monday in the rotunda of the Florida Supreme Court as family, friends and…

Major League Baseball's delayed and shortened regular season gets underway Thursday. There will be no fans in the stands and plenty of health and safety protections for the players and team officials.

Alaska-born author Melinda Moustakis' debut novel Homestead is beautiful; it's also a profound look at how we navigate one another, and what it means to reveal ourselves to the ones we care about.