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An NPR investigation examined records of payouts by the city and found troubling patterns: Plaintiffs alleged that police often used excessive force. And several officers were repeatedly named.

Washington's lack of congressional representation has prompted some residents — even those who've called the district home for years — to maintain voting registration elsewhere.

The staff of a health center in New York State noticed that farm workers were struggling to get to clinics. So the staff decided to bring check-ups to them — through video.

He Jiankui, who shocked the world in 2018 by announcing the creation of the first gene-edited babies, tells NPR he's now working on a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Advances in medicine mean more people are living longer with HIV. But aging with HIV comes with increased health risks, and this growing population needs specialized care that's hard to find.

With a U.S. invasion of Iraq looming, archaeologists and art historians are growing increasingly concerned over what will become of ancient monuments and artifacts in the "cradle of civilization" when bombs begin falling. They're also worried about looting of ancient artifacts after a war ends, NPR's Jason DeRose reports.

Some items are in short supply, prices are rising and deals aren't as good this Black Friday. But with widespread vaccinations, shoppers have returned to malls in droves, promising record spending.

The Clipse are two brothers named Thornton from Virginia who in 2002 had a hit single called "Grindin'" that they never managed to follow up. Our music critic Robert Christgau tells us about their travails.

Florida may not be a key swing state in the presidential election, but voters there are still focused on the contest – and on some big ballot measures like on abortion.

Let's Move On.Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, has harsh words for President Trump — some of them we can't say on the radio. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Fox about his new book,

The audacious early-adopter weathered a storm of "Auto-Tune sucks" moral panic to emerge as a true artist, a mirror for our culture and a creative force.

New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin draws parallels between the stock market crash of 1929, which led to the Great Depression, and today's economic uncertainty.

There is a man who is a thorn in the side of Facebook, a problem that just won't go away. For years he was cast aside as a lowly spammer. Now he's re-emerging as a champion of your rights online.

The White House is moving swiftly to tighten legal immigration reviews after two National Guard members were shot last week. And, Ukraine enters a new round of negotiations to end the war with Russia.

Taiwan is hit by its strongest earthquake in nearly 25 years. Wisconsin's "uninstructed" voters sent President Biden a strong message on the war in Gaza. A Texas immigration law faces crucial test.

From X.com to X Corp., the letter X holds "great sentimental value" to billionaire Elon Musk, according to his biographers.

In the 2024 election, President Biden hopes to benefit from talking more directly about former President Trump. The latest example is their exchange of words about the Affordable Care Act.

We tag along with a real estate agent whose job is to investigate a foreclosed house in Florida.

The Mauna Loa volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii is erupting for the first time in nearly four decades, and it's impossible to predict when it may stop.

After turning out in a big way for President Obama in the fall, many Latinos say they want him to do something he did not do in his first term: push hard for and sign a comprehensive immigration overhaul.

Civil rights activist, New Yorker, and mother of three, Winifred Fredericks, died at the age of 92 in April of COVID-19.

When Cunningham started photographing surfers two decades ago, there were very few women in her field. "I wanted to take photos of women because I had never seen photos of women," she says.

NPR's Noel King speaks with Florida Lt. Governor Jeanette Nuñez about the end of rescue efforts two weeks after the Champlain Towers South condo building collapsed in Surfside, Fla.

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland makes his first rounds on the Hill Thursday to meet with senators in person. But the only appointments on the schedule are with two Democrats. He has no meetings with Republicans yet.

An epic drought and population explosion is draining Lake Mead and the Colorado River, which millions in the Southwestern U.S. rely on.