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George R.R. Martin hasn't finished his latest book in time for the sixth TV season. NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Amy Sullivan and Spencer Kornhaber of the Atlantic's 'Game of Thrones' roundtable.

Leading GOP senators vow to block U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice from becoming secretary of state if Obama nominates her and object to how she characterized the attack on the U.N. Consulate in Benghazi.

Track and field is set to dominate the last week of the Olympics, and so is the art and science of timing. Who are the people, and what are the machines behind official timing? We find out.

On Tuesday, it's expected that Africa CDC will announce that Mpox is a health emergency of "continental" concern. An outbreak in the DRC has spread to four countries that have never had Mpox.

Cho was a teenager when her mother began to exhibit signs of mental illness. Later, as an adult, she learned more about the trauma her mom experienced, both during and after the Korean War.

Many of the inmates died of natural causes, but a series of suspicious deaths — against the backdrop of a shrinking budget and staff shortages — has lawmakers calling for a prison oversight board.

Trump insiders are working behind the scenes on detailed plans to amass his power so that he can carry out an unprecedented restructuring of the U.S. government and expand executive authority.

A barista-led labor movement has dealt challenges to coffee shop owners, and not just Howard Schultz. In Milwaukee, two independently owned cafés faced union drives with two very different outcomes.

Novosibirsk is a key center of support for opposition leader Alexei Navalny. "I believed that Putin would make things better," a protester said. But "he made things better only for a few people."

It’s a rainy Saturday afternoon in Miami, and a couple dozen teenage soccer players are on the field behind Edison high school, in Little Haiti, trying...

Galvanized by the abduction of a prominent surgeon, a doctors' group in Tijuana says drug cartel kidnappers have snatched at least 20 physicians in the Mexican border city.

The city council voted not to pay to build flood walls this year. With the Mississippi River expected to crest on Thursday, residents are hoping the walls they've built themselves will hold.

Puerto Rico's La Perla was the backdrop for the summer hit song "Despacito." Now, residents of the neighborhood are struggling to clean up after Hurricane Maria and say they have received little help.

The sports world is mourning the loss of Muhammad Ali. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks about Ali's achievements with Mike Pesca, host of Slate's The Gist podcast. They also look ahead to the NBA finals.

Tensions simmer between Democratic Party leaders and Bernie Sanders over the behavior of his some of his supporters. Mary Louise Kelly talks to Sen. Claire McCaskill, who is backing Hillary Clinton.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Ukrainian activist Hanna Hopko about what 2022 has been like for her and her family living through the war.

We asked six Israeli and Palestinian artists about how the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas has affected their lives and their work. They shared stories of fear, anger, sadness and pain.

President Trump has vetoed the annual defense bill, which has won congressional approval 60 years straight. Now, Congress will move to override that veto.

Sen. Richard Shelby, a Republican from Alabama, says the current immigration bill amounts to "amnesty" for illegal immigrants and isn't what the country needs. Shelby says the system today is a sham and laws do need to be enforced or repealed.

Nicole Ogrysko <"oh-GRIS-coh"> of Maine Public Radio reports on loggers in the Maine woods who have been squeezed by high prices for diesel and equipment.

In the next few months, Alabama plans to allow certified professional midwives to deliver babies again, by starting to license them.

A woman told a Florida Senate committee about squatters who refused to leave a rental property she was trying to sell. She says they caused nearly $40,000 in damage.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rep. Ryan Costello, R-Pa., who publicly criticized President Trump this week for his orientation toward moderate House Republicans.

"I think children want to read about normal, everyday kids," Cleary told NPR in 1999. "... I think children like to find themselves in books."

For the pandemic's second anniversary, David Folkenflik talks with Dr. Aaron Carroll, of the Indiana University School of Medicine, about what the U.S. has — and has not — done well.