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No one across the U.S. is consistently tracking climate-fueled deaths. One medical examiner has a new protocol on heat-deaths.

Americans across the country received harmful hate messages via text after the election. The communication industry has been trying to figure out how it happened.

Though Alex had been the guitarist in the family, when they formed Van Halen, it quickly became clear who would play: "[Ed] made that instrument sing." Originally broadcast Oct. 29, 2024.

While the industry has been drilling in ultra-deepwater for years, 20K allows access to wells previously deemed too risky. They say the fallout of another large-scale spill could be catastrophic for the environment and coastal economies.

When it comes to the health benefits of cold water dips, the hype is ahead of the science. NPR talked to researchers about what's true, what's not, and the latest on how to get the most out of it.

No longer are just books under fire, but also the library administrators, teachers and long-beloved librarians who are defending them.

Internal emails, interviews and in-app messages show Uber and Lyft deployed a powerful lobbying playbook to stop minimum wage laws in Minnesota. But drivers had a playbook of their own.

The composer of Breaking the Waves speaks candidly about equity in her field, the importance of role models and the unglamorous side of writing music every day.

Publishers acceded to state requests watering down information on climate change’s impact, WUSF/Hechinger Report investigation finds. Now the state has turned to updating its science standards.

Facts by day, fiction by night! At the end of a long day in the newsroom, many of our journalists head home and escape into novels of all types.

The Trump administration’s cuts of public funds to state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of where someone lives, a KFF Health News analysis shows.

Donald Trump spoke to several thousand people Wednesday at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. There, he expanded his appeal to African-Americans and…

Surviving suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill three people and wound more than 200 at the Boston Marathon.

Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are among 33 parents who paid large sums of money to cheat admissions standards at prestigious schools, federal prosecutors say.

After years of political tumult, the United Kingdom has finalized its divorce from the European Union. The end of Brexit will bring changes to politics, the economy and regular people's lives.

Galloway, who died Aug. 18, was the only civilian to be awarded the medal of valor in the Vietnam War. He later co-authored We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young. Originally broadcast in 1992 and 2003.

Amid the pandemic and quarantines, doulas — trained professionals who offer support to expectant mothers — noticed an increased interest in their services.

Texas Democrats stage a walkout to try to stop new voting restrictions. President Biden is pressured to act on voting rights. Johnson and Johnson must put a warning label on its COVID-19 vaccine.

Overshadowed by nearby Venice, the lesser-known city of Trieste is one of Italy's great destinations and once the stomping ground of great writers like James Joyce.

CDC document reveals the danger of the delta variant. Defrocked Cardinal McCarrick is charged with sexually assaulting a teen. The Taliban are executing Afghans who worked with foreign troops.

British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a vote of no confidence. President Trump threatens a shutdown if he doesn't get the budget for a border wall. And Michael Flynn's lawyers ask for leniency.

Gun buying among African Americans has soared in recent years. So have suicide rates among young black men. Gun safety efforts and suicide prevention need to address race and cultural differences.

Raucous, outspoken and empowered, Davis, who died last week at 77, always knew what she wanted her music to be — raw — and she took control of her career in an era when few Black women could.

A federal judge's decision to strike down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's mask mandate for travelers is only the latest in a series of challenges that seek to rein in the agency.

Florida officials recently rejected a slew of math textbooks, claiming they included "prohibited topics." Journalist Dana Goldstein theorizes the objections related to social-emotional learning.