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Based on unfounded election fraud conspiracy theories, one northern California county has dropped Dominion Voting Systems.

U.S. dating customs can be a bit unusual. (Swipe right ...) Let's see how people look for potential partners in other corners of the world.

Scientists are training computers to read CT scans in the hopes that they can catch pancreatic cancer early.

The rate of U.S. gun homicides jumped nearly 35% in 2020 to the highest level in more than 25 years. And gaps widened for groups already at the highest risk, especially Black men and boys.

This week a new word made its public debut. With an increase in attacks on health care facilities and personnel, the goal of this coinage is to spark outrage and outcry. But the reaction is mixed.

Rachel Martin talks to Charles Cooke, National Review Online editor, about how the Florida shooting may have started a change of heart on gun policy in the White House, that sentiment isn't universal.

There are lots of problems in the carbon offset market right now. So if you get an offer to buy an offset, what should you do? NPR asked experts for top things to know.

Protesters were outside an event for Gov. Ron DeSantis, calling on him to stop ICE raids and deportations in their community.

The supersize instrument tracks motion via cameras and creates tones and prerecorded sounds.

Maryland's attorney general has released a report on clergy sex abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

The Old Farmer's Almanac says the moon got the nickname because wolves were likely heard howling in mid-winter. Wolf experts say the pack may be howling during full moons for other reasons.

Arizona's state Senate president says he has complied with a subpoena he received last week seeking records from a flawed, Republican-led review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County.

A surge of new cases in West Africa's Ebola virus outbreak has health officials worried that the epidemic is getting worse. Sierra Leone, for one, has declared a state of emergency, sending in troops to quarantine some of the hardest hit communities.

Jazz singer and pianist Shirley Horn's graceful career began in the 1960s, and lasted until her death this week at 71. Her voice and style put her in the ranks of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.

Rockport, Texas, was among the hardest hit towns when Hurricane Harvey made landfall. Rachel Martin talks to Mashon Hunt, who is staying in a shelter in Austin after being evacuated from Rockport.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis picked up a big endorsement in Iowa — the state that kicks things off for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced she's supporting DeSantis.

As the Israel-Hamas war rages on, diaspora communities around the world can do little more than watch events unfold. But a Palestinian business owner in a D.C. suburb is doing something about it.

Kristina Anderson Froling is a survivor of the Virginia Tech mass shooting in 2007. NPR's A Martinez talks to her about the efforts of the Koshka Foundation that she started to make campuses safer.

Many of the victims of Lahaina's fires lost not only their homes, but also their jobs. The unemployment crisis has spread to all of Maui as tourism has plummeted following the fires.

President Trump is backing Senator Luther Strange in his bid to retain his seat against rival Republican Roy Moore in Alabama's special primary election being held Tuesday.

People in southern Lebanon got a brief respite from the recent fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, but that ended when the fighting in Gaza resumed.

On the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling, NPR's A Martinez talks to Dr. Raegan McDonald-Mosley of Power to Decide, about abortion rights issues in elections.

Mixologist and senior books editor for America's Test Kitchen Joe Gitter shares three favorite recipes.

President Biden plans to provide protection from deportation to certain migrants. Russian President Putin makes a rare trip to North Korea. FEMA pressured to treat extreme heat as a major disaster.

In the six months since leaks about NSA surveillance began, the intelligence community has struggled to cope with the ramifications of the unauthorized disclosures. With the scandal still reverberating, we take a year-end look at how NSA contractor Edward Snowden got the documents, the scale of what he took, what other categories of documents might still be revealed.