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The bipartisan infrastructure law isn't just building projects for people, it also includes $200 million to restore native fish habitat, to help species better weather climate change.

New college graduates face a sluggish economy, bleak job prospects and mountains of student loan debt. To make matters worse, many are clueless about managing their personal finances. Zac Bissonnette, author of How to Be Richer, Smarter, and Better-Looking Than Your Parents, shares his tips.

Known best for her story quilts depicting African American experiences and feminine life, she also created paintings, sculpture and children's books. She was 93.

Michigan's state house has voted to approve a "right-to-work" bill that would weaken the power of labor unions. Democrats walked out in protest. Audie Cornish talks to Rick Pluta of Michigan Public Radio.

The slow-moving Chinese martial art tai chi is known to increase flexibility and balance. Now, research suggests it's more effective at reducing blood pressure than more vigorous forms of exercise.

Journalist Mei Fong tells Fresh Air that China's one-child policy drastically reshaped the country's demographic make-up. "China has 30 million more men than women," she says. Her book is One Child.

The actress Kate Hudson had always wanted to write her own music, but she didn't have the courage until now. She talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about her debut album, Glorious.

Some of these power couples span multiple sports, while others compete in the same discipline — or even on the same team.

A huge iceberg has run aground just off the coast of Newfoundland in Canada. For now, it's made a home in what is known as "iceberg alley," and in photos, appears to dwarf the houses in town.

Georgia's attorney general has asked the Justice Department to investigate the handling of a case in which an unarmed black man was shot to death in February. A white father and son were arrested.

The Beinecke Library of Yale University will make public the largest known collection of material related to Frederick Douglass, including scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and letters.

In this episode of "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, Washington Post columnist Carolyn Hax remembers a kind colleague who checked in when she was having a hard time.

“The first thing to remember is that we were all in the same storm, but we were not all in the same boat,” says psychology professor Sharon Carnahan, executive director of the Hume Child Development Center.

The recent Republican presidential debate was all over the field - not only in regards to the issues brought up, but time - at three hours. To talk about…

Cookie-baking season is not complete without an offering from sisters Sheila and Marilynn Brass. The two Massachusetts recipe collectors recall the special holiday shortbread cookies they'd have as children when their Jewish family would go to the house of their Catholic friends, the Sullivans.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with journalist Rebecca Traister about her recent writing on Sen. Dianne Feinstein's career and reports of her cognitive health.

From downtown highways to high traveled interchanges, drivers in the greater Tampa Bay region can expect to see frequent construction projects as the area continues to grow.

When Jade Rone was placed in Stacia Parker's care, she kept her feelings to herself: "I just felt like I didn't matter." But Parker had different expectations for her.

When people think of New Orleans, they often think of food. Before Katrina, the restaurant industry was one of the city's largest employers. But two months after the hurricane, only about one in six of the city's restaurants have reopened.

Michele Norris interviews actor Casey Affleck, who plays the lead character in the new film The Killer Inside and whose understated career belies one of Hollywood's most talented young stars.

The attorneys general of Utah and Arizona say they won't do what Texas did. They won't raid polygamist groups in their states, even though the polygamists targeted in Texas last month are based on the Utah-Arizona border. The officials spoke at a town meeting on polygamy Thursday night in Utah.

Visitors to the National Geographic Museum of Exploration can see the most scientifically accurate reconstruction of a small, feathered dinosaur believed to be an ancestor of modern birds.

As liberal bloggers hold a weekend convention in Las Vegas, the commentator has a bit of trouble talking his way into a training session for would-be pundits. But he won't allow himself to be logged off.

Williams was young when he was thrust into the public eye as the star of Everybody Hates Chris. Now a teacher on Abbott Elementary, he works to help his child actor colleagues feel comfortable.

The main San Francisco court was one of the busiest in the country, hearing thousands of cases a year. It was also one of the courts most likely to grant an immigrants' asylum application.