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At issue is whether a state can nullify a constitutional right by delegating enforcement not to state officials, but to private citizens who are authorized to sue abortion providers and others.

Indigenous nations across the U.S. lost nearly 99% of their historical land base over time, new research shows. What little land they have left is especially vulnerable to climate change risks.

Advocates for abortion rights used to commonly assert that the procedure should be "safe, legal and rare," but that motto has become deeply controversial as the movement tries to remove stigma.

The requirements set by the Biden administration take effect Nov. 8 and cover approved vaccines, exceptions for the unvaccinated and protocols after arrival.

Leda Health provides services for college students who are victims of sexual assault at the University of South Florida, University of Tampa and two universities in Jacksonville.

NPR member stations share a mix of popular songs playing on their airwaves in October, including music from alt-J, Anderson .Paak, The Killers and more.

Voters in Virginia have elected Youngkin as the next governor after years of Democratic control, according to the AP. Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe conceded Wednesday morning.

Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos was 23 when his semi crashed on a Colorado interstate, causing a fiery pileup that killed four people. More than 4 million people are petitioning to reduce his sentence.

The Centers for Disease Control changed its guidelines for isolation and quarantine during this pandemic. Not everyone is sure how to define those terms. Also, not everyone is 100% behind the changes.

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Laurence Tribe and Judge Thomas Griffith, two commissioners appointed by President Biden to study Supreme Court reform, about the commission's recent report.

As hospitals juggle holiday COVID surges and all their other patients, the global supply chain crisis has left them short of critical supplies.

Sixteen teens were shot in Aurora, Colo., over 20 days in November. Adults and kids are looking for reasons and solutions. So far, it doesn't appear that the multiple incidents are related.

He and his team were stunned by the number of mutations. They felt they'd made a contribution by alerting the world to a dangerous variant. Then came the travel bans for residents of southern Africa.

Dole was in many ways the embodiment of the World War II generation in Congress. He had served in a combat division in Italy and suffered grievous wounds that kept him in military hospitals for years.

Abortion did not become illegal in most states until the mid to late 1800s. But by the 1960s, abortion, like childbirth, had become a safe procedure when performed by a doctor.

School vaccine mandates have been around for two centuries, but they've always brought pushback.

Let's take time off from pondering the pandemic to enjoy some toilet humor courtesy of signage sent in by our audience — and also to think about how lucky we are if we have a safe toilet.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former Congressman Zach Wamp, a Republican from Tennessee, about efforts to rewrite the Electoral Count Act.

We're impressed by the ingenuity we've seen from Contest entrants making great music under less-than-ideal circumstances. If you have a song you'd like us to hear, you can enter until April 27.

For National Poetry Month, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with poet Richard Blanco about his latest work and his favorite listener-submitted poems.

"It shouldn't be a lottery of life about who gets to eat, who doesn't get to eat. Do I keep my child warm or do I give my child food?" a World Food Programme Afghanistan spokesperson tells NPR.

The world-famous aardvark first appeared in print over 45 years ago. The Emmy and Peabody award-winning TV show is about to begin its 25th and final season — and creator Marc Brown has a new book.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Emily Bazelon, writer at The New York Times Magazine, on how Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett might approach a new abortion rights case the Court is taking up.

Church leaders and mourners pray for Pope John Paul II, whose body lies in the Clementina Hall at the Vatican. Born Karel Wojtyla in Poland 84 years ago, John Paul died in Saturday after 26 years as pope.

Several states surrounding Illinois plan on limiting or banning access to abortions, which could push people to cross the state line for services if the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade