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Gaza City was the focus of fighting when Israel's ground invasion of the territory began in October. Now, much of the territory's largest city is in ruins and the fighting has shifted to the south.

Democratic Texas State Senator John Whitmire defeated Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to win the nonpartisan election for Houston's mayor.

A trial for a mass environmental injury case begins in Hawaii on Monday, more than two years after a U.S. military facility poisoned thousands of people when it leaked jet fuel into drinking water.

President Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed doing more to feed the starving population in Gaza — at odds with the Israeli prime minister who claimed there was no starvation.

In making his announcement, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he wanted a "workhorse" in the U.S. senate who would focus on Ohio as well as the rest of the country.

It's been more than a decade since the two powers have had direct talks. President Trump offered few details about what the talks would entail, or when they'd be scheduled.

The first lady made a rare public statement on Thursday saying she was not friends with the late sex offender. She also said Epstein did not introduce her to President Donald Trump.

While waiting for test results at her job at the University of Miami's cancer research lab, Katerina Lomis would ink down her thoughts that would eventually turn into fully fledged songs.

"The thought of being one of the very first openly gay South Asian men on a major show. ... That pressure was so hard to handle," France says of his role on the Netflix makeover series.

In 2019, Kanye West rose from the ashes of a career flameout by taking his faith on tour. But engaging with this self-styled salvation means forgetting what gospel music was created to do.

Eight Israelis were killed Sunday when Hezbollah fired rockets at the northern port city of Haifa, in Israel. Israel's air force chief says Hezbollah still has a large arsenal of rockets, some of which can reach Tel Aviv.

NPR's College Podcast Challenge is back with stories from students around the country, from dealing with bears on campus at the University of Montana to a mariachi band at the University of Texas.

British hospitals work to treat hundreds of Londoners wounded in Thursday's attacks. But families of those caught in the bombings are struggling to locate loved ones. A police line has received more than 100,000 calls seeking information about casualties.

In Nigeria, an American man is caught up in a dispute between the government and the crypto currency exchange Binance. Some lawmakers say that Nigeria is effectively holding him hostage.

Interested in seeing if you can save money on your mortgage? Here's what to know about refinancing – and how to think about timing.

Tampa Bay area schools lost necessary classroom time after Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Now, the school districts have to find a way to make up instructional hours.

A nonstop flight from Los Angeles to New York spews about 1,300 pounds of planet-warming carbon into the air — per passenger.

The pardon comes in the last weeks of President Joe Biden's time in office and despite previously saying that he would neither pardon nor commute his son's sentence.

At services on Sunday, some Catholics took particular pride in the election of the first American pontiff, who has familial ties to multiple places across the country.

Despite a bumpy rollout that has drawn lawsuits and criticism from legislators, a new report shows the number of Floridians using medical marijuana...

Government has been part of the business of medicine at least since the 1940s, when Washington began appropriating billions of dollars to build private and government hospitals.

An industry-challenge legal settlement over real estate commissions is still shaking out, including in South Florida

Melissa Block talks with MIT graduate student Amal Dorai about the time traveler convention he's planning for this coming Saturday. Dorai hopes that news of his event will induce future generations to come back and join the celebration.

The Bush administration hasn't ruled out a military strike against nuclear targets in Iran -- a non-denial that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls "psychological warfare." Madeleine Brand speaks with Graham Fuller, former vice chairman of the CIA's National Intelligence Council, about the significance of the dispute and the diplomatic efforts behind the scenes.

Two transracial adoptees have different views on abortion, but both agree transracial adoptions can be traumatic. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 23, 2022.)