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The mayors of New York and Washington, D.C. say homeless should find shelter after recent shootings that left three people injured and two others dead.

If you dread getting on a scale to calculate your body mass index, there’s a good reason to ignore the measure. Body composition tests are an increasingly popular way to gauge health. Here’s why they're better than BMI.

The U.S. military formally ends a more than two-decade-long presence in Iraq this week.

National Hurricane Center data show that areas in New York City where public housing exists are at risk as climate change brings more frequent and intense storms.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with actor and writer Pamela Anderson about her autobiography Love, Pamela.

Bass baritone opera star Samuel Ramey has made a career out of playing demonic characters on stage. But he tells Scott Simon that in his early years he listened to the likes of Elvis Presley and Pat Boone.

As Florida prepares for a surge in COVID-19 cases the state is reaching out to ambulatory surgery centers for possible help.The state's emergency…

After Maduro was seized by U.S. forces and arraigned on drug charges in New York last week, Venezuela’s oil exports have resumed this week.

In 1971, William Peter Blatty told the spine-chilling story of a little girl who becomes possessed by a malevolent demon in Washington, D.C. It was called the The Exorcist — and it was only his first draft. Now, Blatty has revised and polished his landmark novel for its 40th-anniversary re-release.

Paradise, Calif., is a skeleton these days after mostly burning to the ground last November. Months later, there's growing acceptance very few people will be able to move back anytime soon.

How do Red Sea shipping disruptions and the military response to rebels in Yemen affect global economies? NPR's Leila Fadel asks Marco Forgione of the Institute of Export and International Trade.

Farai Chideya talks to Rose Brewer, co-author of the book The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide. The book examines how government policies have affected wealth building in minority communities. Brewer is a professor of women's studies at the University of Minnesota.

Set in the 1920s and 1930s — mostly in the section of the city that later became East Berlin — Philip Kerr's crime novels feature a climate of extreme violence and debauchery, full of rogues, cheats and liars.

Zaporizhzhian Cossacks are warriors who have been revered for centuries in Ukraine. A family is maintaining the Cossack traditions by training people with swords, maces and their bare hands.

In Maui, NPR joined a tour boat operator to see the grassroots initiative the local surfing community and neighbors started to fill in gaps not currently being filled by official channels.

He praises defendants who are charged with rioting that day. His campaign's launch site has connections to extremist violence. Experts worry he's tapping into anger that motivated domestic terrorism.

StoryCorps is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a new book out next week - and a visit to St. Petersburg early next year.David Isay, creator of the…

The Grammy-nominated roots-country singer grew up in a Pentecostal household. She's left the church now, but says her religious upbringing remains an inextricable part of her creative life.

Venezuela marked its Independence Day amid the aftermath of twin earthquakes and sweeping political change following the U.S.-led removal of Nicolás Maduro.

Brayden Point is expected to return from injury as the Lightning try to become the NHL's first threepeat champions since the New York Islanders won the Cup four times in a row from 1980-83.

The former president has been charged four separate times in just over four months. But the latest indictment stands out in terms of its scope, evidence and location.

A decade ago, Army recruiters started coaching individuals to help them lose weight so they could enlist. It's not an official Army program, but it has become necessary to recruitment, many say.

Gregory Robinson grew up as one of 11 children of tobacco sharecroppers in rural Virginia. He reflects on his journey to NASA, where he directed the groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope program.

Atlanta rapper Michael Santiago Render, known professionally as Killer Mike, released his sixth album this month, and his U.S. tour kicks off Tuesday. He explains to Morning Edition that he wants rap music to be embraced like jazz, blues or gospel. "What's more gospel than rap music?" he asks.