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Dr. Joseph Ladapo, the state's top medical officer, upset legislators from both parties after refusing to wear a mask when speaking to a state senator with breast cancer and state regulators approve FPL rate increase.

The shortest month of the year is packed with highly anticipated new releases, including books from Michael Pollan, Tayari Jones and the late Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.

President Biden's American Families Plan includes education proposals so ambitious and expensive that in previous years, any one of them would have turned heads.

Oklahoma has some of the nation's loosest marijuana regulations. Rural utilities say the large greenhouses popping up across the state is straining water and electric infrastructure beyond capacity.

Congress is back and trying to tackle a number of pressing issues before the end of the month, including negotiations over President Biden's infrastructure and social spending packages.

A mother monitors illegal drug use, at home, to prevent a fatal overdose for her daughter and others addicted to opioids.

With five months to go until the general election, how are Republicans running for office explaining to voters why they should retain control of Congress?

President Trump and Elon Musk deal personal jabs in a public breakup that started over the "big, beautiful bill." And, the U.S. faces serious overcrowding at ICE detention centers.

Why didn't the Republicans win the White House Tuesday night? For insight, Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Gerson, a Washington Post colmnist and a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Democratic and Republican communications strategists Anita Dunn and Beth Myers about proposals to change the way we organize presidential debates.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Democratic Michigan Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin about the final strides to certify the state's election results.

A number of states are grappling with the effects of extreme winter weather. Work crews in Mississippi are trying to restore electricity, and a boil-water advisory remains in effect in some areas.

Conductor, composer and educator Michael Tilson Thomas, who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, establishing its reputation as a world-class orchestra, died Wednesday. He was 81.

New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell talks with Scott Simon about how American movies have dealt with racial issues over the years. This year's Oscar nominee Crash expands the debate beyond black and white.

The law takes effect on July 1.

Hurricane Dorian raked the Carolina coast with howling, window-rattling winds and sideways rain Thursday, spinning off tornadoes and knocking out power to…

The Florida Senate has approved wide-ranging changes to the state’s higher education system. It’s a top priority of Senate President Joe Negron. But...

Arkansas is expediting the licensing of nursing students to help medical centers around the state deal with increasing numbers of COVID-19 patients.

Business groups around the world are studying the climate change agreement reached in Paris over the weekend. Many support the idea of taking steps to limit carbon emissions but are worried about how reductions will be implemented and enforced.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter about his state's settlement against Purdue Pharma, the maker of the powerful opioid OxyContin.

Idalia was still a hurricane when it hit south Georgia where people will spend the Labor Day weekend cleaning up downed trees and power lines.

The case involves a conservative nonprofit with ties to a Koch brothers-founded group that gave at least $1 million to fund a campaign to win Senate confirmation of her Supreme Court nomination.

Israel's attacks on Hezbollah have created problems for Lebanese people and the many Syrian refugees who live there. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Tanya Evans of the International Rescue Committee.

Florida's top elected officials, all Republicans, say they will work to stop the Trump administration's plan to open new areas in the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil drilling.

The outbreak remains focused in Congo's eastern Ituri province. Congo has reported over 1,000 suspected cases with the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved treatment or vaccine.