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Says Kristin Hare: “What I’m always looking for is a mix of fantastic food and a really great experience.”

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with lawyer Debo Adegbile about how the Supreme Court case Shelby County v. Holder, which gutted Section 5 of The Voting Rights Act, lets states pass restrictive voting laws.

After a personally eventful year, the artist undertook another – and perhaps his most – ambitious, sprawling introduction of a new album. The results seem to be inversely proportional.

The new law, which bans the widely discredited practice aimed at changing a person's sexual orientation or gender identity takes, effect on Jan. 7.

What's the correct way to call a foreign city — by its English name, if it has one, or by its name in the local language? For the people involved, it can be a serious matter entwined with geopolitics.

Some evangelical voters had misgivings about President Trump ahead of the 2016 election. Four years later at the Republican National Convention, many say those doubts are gone.

At the 2019 funeral for longtime NPR journalist Cokie Roberts, her husband, Steven, told personal stories about their life together. There were still more to tell, so he dove into writing about them.

New York City has opened the nation's first supervised use sites, where drug users can inject illegal drugs under medical supervision. The aim is to keep drug users safe and connect them to treatment.

In Colorado's 6th Congressional District, likely Democratic candidate Jason Crow is campaigning for more gun control against battle-tested, and NRA-endorsed, incumbent GOP Rep. Mike Coffman.

When Aria Young moved to the U.S., she adopted an Americanized name. Now, she's wondering how to hold on to the version of herself she left in China.

These stories come with content warnings, morally-gray characters and plots riddled with trauma and violence.

Some of those who lost their homes in the earthquakes that devastated southern Turkey still need tents - and dream of someday having a container to live in.

A group that raises money for police officers subjected to investigation or lawsuits is using a simulator program to help outsiders understand the challenges of the job.

The military is conducting a credibility assessment of claims of civilian casualties during the U.S. operation against ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Voters in critical swing areas of Georgia are preparing to weather the consequences of a federal shutdown and question which party is responsible.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Wilbur Lam, a lead investigator assessing COVID-19 diagnostic tests for the U.S. government, about detecting the omicron BA.2 subvariant with rapid tests.

A rare celestial event will light up the skies on March 3 — the last total “Blood Moon” visible in the Americas until late 2028. Find out what makes this eclipse unique and when to look up before the moonset cuts the show short.

Warmer temperatures, drought and disease are putting stress on native tree species in Minnesota. Some trees are dying, but researchers are finding ways to help others adapt to a warmer climate.

Halloween each year brings a cauldron of unpleasantness for people of color — and a surge of questions to our inbox. To get through it all, we put together the official Code Switch Guide to Halloween.

The Hulu series Dopesick depicts the start of the opioid addiction crisis in the U.S. As the crisis continues to grow, here's how you can help those affected in your community.

Much of Asia has managed to keep omicron in check even as the variant rages elsewhere, but the region that is home to most of the globe's population is bracing for what may be an inevitable surge.

Eliot Higgins is the founder of an online collective that picks apart conspiracy theories and investigates war crimes and hate crimes using clues from the Internet. His new book is We Are Bellingcat.

India is trying to track — and help — the hundreds of children orphaned by the pandemic. Are the government efforts enough to protect them?

The new film Jarhead tells the story of a marine sniper in the first Gulf War, who never fires a shot. Jacki Lyden talks with director Sam Mendes about why he chose to make the movie, which is based on Anthony Swofford's memoir with the same title. Mendes says that he wanted to explore why soldiers are drawn to war, even those who oppose it.

An 89-year-old first-time cookbook author, Emily Meggett, celebrates the cuisine of South Carolina's Gullah Geechee community and its African and Southern traditions.