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While the number of people eligible to donate blood has expanded, the agency says it will continue to monitor the safety of the blood supply.

The Biden administration issued the policy as a public-health order — known as a Title 42 order. It was scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, leading to a surge of migrants coming into the country.

Plaintiffs last week fired back after Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration argued that a federal judge should dismiss a potential class-action lawsuit filed after Florida flew 49 migrants from Texas to Massachusetts in September.

Florida lawmakers have approved revamping a 2021 law aimed at shielding police departments from budget cuts as a group of cities question the legislation's constitutionality.

Findings from an internal investigation come after researchers said the IRS was at least three times more likely to audit Black taxpayers than other racial groups.

An expert urges people under attack by bees to run away as fast as possible. Don't cover your face and don't play dead, he says.

A federal judge late Monday refused to put on hold a ruling that blocked a new Biden administration immigration policy challenged by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody.

The IRS is working to develop its own free electronic tax-filing system in a potential challenge to commercial products such as TurboTax. The agency plans a pilot test of the program next year.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans will hear arguments Wednesday over access to a commonly used abortion pill.

The film, Strange World, tells the story of a family of explorers and includes a character who has a crush on another boy. The fifth-grade teacher from Hernando County says a student's mother lodged a complaint.

Voters in Thailand overwhelmingly backed opposition parties promising to bring change — delivering a stunning rebuke to the military-backed government that has led them for nearly a decade.

Norfolk Southern Railway has removed a small mountain of soil laced with toxins since the February train derailment in East Palestine. What happens to the waste that hazmat teams collect?

Ahead of oral arguments in the Supreme Court over access to mifepristone, more than 150 people shared stories with NPR about how they used the medication — and how it changed their lives.

R.F. Kuang's novel Yellowface offers a literary exploration of cultural appropriation taken to a new degree.

HCA denies the union’s claims and says union protests tend to take place during collective bargaining to get attention.

R.M.N. is based on an actual 2020 event in Ditrău, Romania, where 1,800 villagers voted to expel three Sri Lankans who worked at their local bakery.

The death cap mushroom is one of the deadliest poison fungi on earth. Few effective treatments are available. But a team of Chinese and Australian scientists say they've made a leap forward.

Dr. Roland Griffiths talks about his research involving administering magic mushrooms to cancer patients and his own terminal diagnosis.

Veterans funding is at the heart of two high-stakes showdowns in Washington: budget talks and the impending default on America's debt. If the US defaults, the VA could could be short of cash.

While a Supreme Court order continues to ensure the drug is still widely available, the issue returned Wednesday to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals as lawyers for both sides urged the court to act.

As disruptive as a wildfire can be, a forest fire is not only important to the ecosystem in which it burns, but is integral to slowing climate change.

Kara Jackson is mostly known for her poetry. But singing was her first love, and she's now out with her debut album, Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding that ARC Automotive Inc. of Knoxville recall 67 million inflators in the U.S. because they could explode and hurl shrapnel.

The pandemic-era policy nearly halted the processing of asylum applications. As Title 42 was lifted on Thursday, officials braced for an influx of migrants. But the reality was relatively calm.

Journalist Ruth Michaelson talks about Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu ahead of Turkey's general election.