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A bipartisan group of senators came to a final agreement on a gun safety bill that could be the biggest breakthrough on the issue in decades of congressional gridlock.

The bill would incentivize states to pass red flag laws and expand background checks for 18- to 21-year-olds, among other measures. It's expected to have enough support to pass the Senate.

"We get so stuck on categories and labels that you completely miss the point of really beautiful, authentic forms of art," Stabille told Jazz Night in America in 2015.

Medical debt can ruin lives, and in many states patients have few financial protections. North Carolina is considering a new law that could lead the way in shielding patients from high medical bills.

A bipartisan gun safety bill, poised to pass the Senate, could be the first major gun measure in decades. It's a narrow bill that President Biden supports, even though he wants it to go further.

For Father's Day, NPR spoke to three, gay single fathers who made the choice to become parents via surrogacy.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says he will step down, bringing Israel to its fifth round of elections in just over three years. It comes as former leader Benjamin Netanyahu tries to return to power.

Workers at a Maryland Apple store voted to form a union. But forming a union is a lengthy process that labor experts say is heavily stacked against workers in favor of their employers.

The Osaka court ruling underscores how divisive the issue remains in Japan, the only member of the Group of Seven major industrialized nations that does not recognize same-sex unions.

Congress passed an extension for some of the school meal waivers that supported families and schools during the pandemic, but they'll end for many who got free meals for the last two years.

Vladyslav Krasnoshchok describes himself as a "geopolitical surrealist" painter. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began, he's been photographing the war with a vintage Olympus 35 mm camera.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to Carmelo Crisanto, executive director of the Human Rights Violations Victims' Memorial Commission, about racing to archive human rights abuses in the Philippines.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Phil Bryant, the former governor of Mississippi, who signed a bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks.

"The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion," Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority. The court's liberals warn that other rights could now be vulnerable.

The Italian composer Caterina Barbieri's euphoric new album Spirit Exit was made in pandemic isolation but longs for "the outside world," in all of its imperfections and wonder.

"Growing up I would hear about our peoples being 'discovered' ... " says author Brittany Luby. "I would go home and my parents would tell me: That's not actually how things happened."

The limit of 18,000 represents the lowest number of refugees allowed into the country since the modern refugee program was established in 1980.

The number of people who have severe lung injury due to vaping jumped by almost 300 cases this week, to 805, according to the CDC. Twelve have died. So far, the investigation has revealed no cause.

A new album features the late Ray Charles playing with the Count Basie Orchestra, but Charles never actually recorded with the group. The tracks were mashed together by an audio engineer who used to play with Charles.

How big a threat is the impeachment probe into President Trump? The matter of Hillary Clinton's emails is not over. And, Hong Kong is on edge ahead of China's milestone anniversary on Tuesday.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Christopher Ruddy, Newsmax Media CEO and Trump adviser, about the president's mindset the past few days as an impeachment inquiry begins in the House.

Impeachment has been the talk of the past week. It's also a good teaching opportunity for schools. Civics classes are using it to discuss how the political process works.

Robert Litt, former general counsel for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence under President Obama, talks about the acting DNI's testimony before the House Intelligence Committee.

Sometimes if feels like stories that start in Washington, D.C., don't reach the rest of the country. It doesn't seem like President Trump's call with the Ukrainian president is one of those stories.