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Eleven states have enacted transgender sports bans, though many have been snarled by lawsuits.

Gun violence is plaguing Caribbean sites like Haiti and the U.S. Virgin Islands, thanks largely to "brazen, out of control" gun trafficking from U.S. states like Florida

It stems from LGBTQ advocates and Disney employees questioning CEO Bob Chapek’s slow response in publicly criticizing Florida legislation that critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

In the extraordinary new age of subtitled streaming and globalized filmmaking, the Oscar category is becoming a caricature of itself as a relic of the past.

Residents of Matinicus, off the coast of Maine, are pushing back on book banning efforts sweeping the country. They're stocking their library's shelves with books being censored elsewhere.

A line of severe storms is expected to push through the Panhandle on Tuesday night, and North and Central Florida on Wednesday. Wednesday evening, storms are expected to dwindle as they approach I-4.

Navalny, who is already serving a 2.5-year sentence for parole violations, was sentenced to an additional nine years in a high-security prison. He has vowed to keep fighting.

The flight, with 132 passengers and crew aboard was en route from Kunming to Guangzhou when it crashed in a forested area of southern China on Monday.

In the 1990s, reformers adopted a radical economic program in Russia. It devastated ordinary Russians and created a new class of oligarchs. And it explains the rise of Putin and the leader he is today

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to retired Gen. Philip Breedlove, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, about how the U.S. and other NATO members will address the war in Ukraine when meeting this week.

In the past month, 10 million Ukrainians have fled the country to get as far from Russia's bombardment as possible. We hear the stories of some of that people that have stayed behind.

Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was one of two journalists to win last year's Nobel Peace Prize. He sold his to raise money for Ukrainian refugees.

Nick Lowe is a songwriter, musician, and producer whose influence on modern rock has far outstripped his chart performance. He talks with NPR's Joe Palca about his storied career and his new album, The Convincer, for All Things Considered Saturday.

Everyone who's ever rigged a line seems to have a few fish stories (or dozens). In the last installment of Morning Edition's summer series on fishing in America, NPR's Elizabeth Arnold strings together the best of the accounts for one colossal fish tale.

Walt Harrington, a former Washington Post writer and self-confessed city slicker, discovered the joys of hunting late in life. As Harrington tells NPR's Eric Weiner for All Things Considered, he came to embrace a sport he once viewed as "archaic" beginning one Thanksgiving when his father-in-law gave him a 12-gauge Browning shotgun.

For hundreds of years, an ancient part of Kabul called Kharabat Street was synonymous with Afghan music. But these days, Kharabat Street is in ruins, the music silenced by decades of war. Morning Edition's Renee Montagne reports on efforts to bring back the music in the final segment of NPR's series "Re-Creating Afghanistan."

A private space crew is heading to the International Space Station, but it's not just a tourist trip. The crew will advance the understanding of how space affects human health.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Jennifer Egan about her latest novel, The Candy House.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to attorney Peter Zeidenberg about his client, Feng "Franklin" Tao of the University of Kansas, who was convicted of fraud in the Trump-era "China Initiative" probe.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dara Ferguson, incoming president of the Harvard Black Law Students Association, about the Senate confirming judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Democrats aim to balance multiple crises ahead of November's midterm elections. Voters in Livingston County, Mich., share their concerns about inflation and their views of President Biden.

Gianna Paniagua, who's had life-long heart problems, talks to her mother, Lourdes Matamoros, about her dream of becoming a doctor. Paniaqua is currently finishing her pre-med program at Columbia.

The U.S. announced another series of sanctions against Russia Thursday, which include the world's largest diamond mining company and a Russian warship manufacturer.

Workers at a northern Virginia Starbucks explain why they're seeking a union, and what they hope membership will bring.

Cloning animals, like the Jersey cow at left, has proved to be very difficult. Cloning humans is turning out to be even harder. Despite claims that two maverick groups may have succeeded, the scientific world is skeptical. If a claim is made, scientists will be on the hunt for fakes. NPR's Joe Palca reports for All Things Considered.