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NPR's Life Kit podcast team discusses its latest reporting: on why sex education for teens needs a 21st century update.

Even as the unprecedented rate of unemployment continues to climb, protections for renters are running out, as extra unemployment benefits and suspension of evictions expire.

A virtual TV critics summer tour has ended. NPR's TV critic talks about the most interesting programs to expect this fall.

Experts warn that the U.S. is at risk of a deadly accident involving ammonium nitrate, similar to the explosion that destroyed part of the city and killed more than 200 people in Beirut, Lebanon.

Kamala Harris has been a senator for nearly four years before becoming Joe Biden's VP pick. She doesn't have a long list of passed legislation, but she's known for aggressive questioning of witnesses.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware about the long-delayed articles of impeachment against President Trump that will be sent over from the House on Wednesday.

The main concern at Piney Point right now is to stop the south pond from collapsing, according to one expert. If it does, that could potentially release heavy metals and slightly radioactive material from two surrounding ponds into Tampa Bay.

Adults don't generate as many new neurons as children or teenagers, but some growth is still happening. Neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret explains how we can encourage the production of more nerve cells.

Acting Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes says it appears workers at the site have been able to bring the situation under control.

Lawmakers are beginning to take a deeper look at the president's $2 trillion package to upgrade the nation's roads, bridges and railways. It is facing opposition from Republicans.

Hundreds of migrant children are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border every day. Ultimately they will all be placed with sponsors in households around the U.S. until their immigration cases are heard.

The Biden task force is examining whether the previous administration began implementing its policy in the early days of former President Donald Trump's term.

Two prominent Florida Democrats also criticized the CBS report, which the governor called "lies built on lies" and warned of unspecified “consequences."

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger about the new voting law, what it includes and how it affects his job.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., about his decision to endorse former Vice President Joe Biden for president.

Scientists found that grey reef sharks in the central Pacific Ocean form social groups — and they say those connections can last for years.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Brit Trogen about her opinion piece in the Journal of the American Medical Association, which discusses how historical races for vaccines have fueled public distrust.

Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson vetoed a bill today that would have stopped doctors in Arkansas from treating transgender youth with hormones, puberty blockers or surgery.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Julia Lurie, senior reporter at Mother Jones, about how the pandemic has impacted the foster care system and kept children separated from their parents for longer.

The once-a-decade process of redrawing congressional and legislative maps this year is more disruptive than usual. The delay in releasing census data could force some states to postpone primaries.

It's a really large mail-in election. (Yes, this one, too.) The tally of yes and no votes has finally begun.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is reversing restrictions on the use of fetal tissue in medical research implemented under former President Trump.

Nine are dead after a shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis. Family members waited hours Friday morning for news of their loved ones at a nearby airport hotel. Police are seeking a motive.

Which communities could suffer most from the Johnson & Johnson vaccination pause? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Dr. Paul Adamson, an infectious diseases fellow at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

The Trump administration banned federal funding for scientific research on fetal tissue from abortions. The Biden administration is expected to reverse that.