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We asked leaders in global health and development to share their wishes for the new year. Here's what they hope will happen in the year ahead. And readers, we'd like to hear from you.

Roger Hammer has spent decades documenting the state’s native and rare orchids before they disappear. Florida boasts the greatest diversity of orchids in the continental U.S., but today, three-fourths of its orchids are listed as endangered or threatened.

Whether it's once a year or once a week, more people are plunging into cold water for fun and health benefits. NPR spoke to researchers about what's true and what's not on this wellness trend.

Harjo was recently named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow. His TV show Reservation Dogs focused on group of teenagers living on a Native reservation in rural Oklahoma. Originally broadcast Sept. 19, 2022.

At a federal prison in rural Virginia, more than 50 prisoners say they've been abused. But when they try to file a complaint — they're stopped, often by the same guards they say are abusing them.

For snook, the old rules no longer apply. The tropical gamefish are forming a genetically distinct stronghold on the Nature Coast. As their historical range shifts northward, anglers are adapting, too.

A growing body of research demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of self-managed abortion with pills, coupled with the global pandemic in 2020 and the fall of Roe in 2022, has many U.S. doctors changing their views.

Supplemental Security Income provides the medical care that lets people work. But its rules are complex and out of date.

"First Coast Connect," on WJCT in Jacksonville, sits down with the Republican gubernatorial candidate to ask why he should be the Sunshine State’s next chief executive.

Ulf arrives late to the party and sets it ablaze.

New federal rules mean Arizona will be getting a lot less water from the Colorado river. City leaders say they've been planning for years and no one will run out, but keeping taps flowing is expensive.

The album's not dead! Want proof? NPR Music's list of the best albums of 2023 features masterworks by veterans, newcomers, iconoclasts and at least one supergroup.

Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in Florida. Israel's prime minister to address the U.N. General Assembly. Sudan's army launches an offensive in Khartoum in a bid to regain the capital.

Iran remains on the sidelines as Israel-Hezbollah fight intensifies. Government watchdog sheds light on FAFSA fiasco. Missouri executes Marcellus Williams for 1998 murder he said he didn’t commit.

Here's what you need to know about receiving a coronavirus vaccine and booster shot and where to receive a test across the greater Tampa Bay region.

NPR's Michel Martin discusses the tension between religious freedom and coronavirus-related restrictions with three faith leaders: Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld, Rev. Thomas McKenzie and Imam Rizwan Ali.

The Senate next week considers the impeachment resolution against President Trump. Why wasn't a threat report produced ahead of last week's pro-Trump rally? And, Arizona opens mass vaccination site.

President Trump played to his base, ignored the advice of scientists, industry titans and world leaders and pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement.

Paleoanthropologist Daniel Lieberman says the concept of "getting exercise" is relatively new. His new book, Exercised, examines why we run, lift and walk for a workout when our ancestors didn't.

The Biden administration is working to secure 200 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Biden signed executive actions to address systemic racism, and had his first call with Russia's leader.

Biden highlights wins in speech to Congress. Federal authorities raid the New York apartment of Rudy Giuliani. Three men are indicted on federal hate crime charges in the Ahmaud Arbery killing.

Ages 12 and older are now eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the FDA and the CDC say. But when and where, and what about younger kids? You have questions. We have answers.

Jennifer Minhas is among those who suffer lingering problems after COVID-19. A diagnosis of POTS, a little-known circulation disorder that mostly affects women, offers a way forward.

Survivors and their descendants say facing the truth about the Tulsa Race Massacre is essential in the nation's struggle to confront racial injustice and violence against Black people.

Rescuers remain on the site of a collapsed Florida building. An infrastructure deal is on track after the president walked back an apparent veto threat. Scientists report a gene editing advancement.