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Some employees went without workplace staples like ties, heels and dress pants during the pandemic. But will those pieces make a fashion comeback as more people return to work?

Kent State university believes basketball player Kalin Bennett is the first student athlete with autism to sign a letter of intent for a Division 1 team. Bennett speaks with NPR's Scott Simon.

Des Linden's new book details her 2018 Boston Marathon victory — but it's also about what happened in her life before she got to the starting line that day.

NPR's A Martinez talks to former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou about his journey from a small village in Cameroon to stardom.

It’s being called a huge win for Florida’s environment.

The hearings, which start at 9 a.m. ET on Monday, begin against the backdrop of early voting that has begun in many states and just 22 days before Election Day.

Conservatives state legislatures are working to bar transgender females from participating in female sports leagues, as Democrats take more action in favor of transgender rights.

This week's election results show education issues foremost in the minds of many voters, and suggest many parents may be seeking a course correction after 18 months of disruptions.

"Where [Gary] Maynard went, fires started. Not just once, but over and over again," the government said in a court memorandum.

Sample 12 selections from an ambitious six-disc box set of archival Dylan recordings. The recordings capture and reflect one of the most vivid chapters in American music.

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Here, Juana Summers describes what she — and a team from All Things Considered — encountered on a reporting trip to this island of snow and ice, for this week's Reporter's Notebook.

As communities across the country radically restrict public gatherings, small business owners and their workers are scrambling to stay afloat. For example: Alicia Villanueva, the tamale lady.

Hunt-Broersma picked up the sport after her left leg was amputated below the knee in 2001 and people told her she couldn't run. She set out to prove them wrong and never looked back.

Concerned that questions about his Mormon faith are hurting his presidential campaign, Mitt Romney will give a speech on "Faith in America" on Thursday. The situation recalls that faced by John F. Kennedy in 1960, when he gave a historic speech two months before he was elected the first Catholic president.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with actor and comedian Jenny Slate about her new film Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.

Hearing about a young woman's struggle to wipe away her conviction on prostitution charges inspired New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen to introduce legislation to help other victims.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Jessica Harris and Stephen Satterfield of the new Netflix TV show, High on the Hog, which explores the roots of African American food.

South Sarasota County’s United Way leads effort to find those still suffering and link them with needed resources.

Guide and service dogs help people with disabilities and stress disorders better navigate life's challenges.A new program at Southeastern Guide Dogs is…

The Las Vegas Aces star surpassed the previous mark of 939 points set by Jewell Loyd in 2023. Wilson could potentially be the first WNBA player to reach 1,000 points in a year.

How are inmates supposed to transition to the world outside of prison? For one pre-release program at the Homestead Correctional Institution, the answer...

Twenty-two percent of high school dropouts say they left school to take care of a family member, according to a study funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates…

Africa correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks with Farai Chideya about the latest news from the continent. This week: a call to extradite former Liberian President Charles Taylor to face a war crimes tribunal, and charges of genocide against journalists in Ethiopia are dropped.

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Michael Brenner, professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, about the review the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorist attack that killed 11 Israeli athletes.

From across the country, NPR member station visual journalists have documented events in their states and cities. These images represent some of the year's most remarkable stories.