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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Dhruv Khullar on the questions surrounding Pa. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman's mental fitness after surviving a stroke.

Faced with a deluge of disinformation about the voting process, election officials around the U.S. are hiring public relations specialists to explain how democracy works to voters.

Sometimes a disaster brings out the best in people, and sometimes it brings out the worst. The Charlotte County Sheriff’s office is warning residents of the potential for scammers who might appear as federal officials knocking on your door.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to historian Robert Fatton about ill-fated interventions in Haiti, which is now embroiled in a crisis that has the country on the brink of collapse.

U.S. plants are making more baby formula than ever. But uneven distribution and overbuying means parents can run into empty store shelves.

Bass pioneered stop-motion animation with Arthur Rankin Jr. The duo produced and directed 1960s TV classics including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman.

NPR broke the news about artistic director Nataki Garrett hiring a private security detail for her personal safety.

The women were sexually abused while incarcerated in federal prison in Dublin, California. The issue is part of a hearing Friday before the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

Employees at HarperCollins, one of the "big five" publishers in the US are on strike. They're asking for better wages in an industry that is notoriously underpaid.

A teenage girl ages rapidly in the new Broadway musical, "Kimberly Akimbo." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with composer Jeanine Tesori about it.

The singer and entrepreneur famously has used her success to help others, especially in areas of education. The gift matches two by Bezos last year to chef Jose Andrés and activist Van Jones.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with National Air and Space Museum curator Jennifer Levasseur about recently discovered debris from the Challenger space shuttle.

Federal officials are now considering thousands of comments as they finalize the first update in a quarter century to rules that govern the marine 3,800-square mile marine sanctuary.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Andy Greenberg about crytocurrency crime. Greenberg is the author of the new book, Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency.

The war has hammered Ukraine's health care budget, leaving some patients without access to care. U.S. hospitals are helping to fill the gap.

Many soldiers from the southern port city of Kherson spent months trying to liberate their homes. The Russian retreat last week was a major blow to Moscow's war effort.

Long before Instagram, the male-dominated art world had censorship guidelines of its own. After a cover-up paint job, restorers will create a digital image of Artemisia Gentileschi's original work.

Several election deniers running for key election administration posts have lost their contests, but it's too early to call notable races in Arizona and Nevada.

Control of the U.S. Senate could hinge on the outcomes of two races in Arizona and Nevada.

A mock election in a Wisconsin government class shows the limitations of a two-party system.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Kathryn Huff, an official at the Department of Energy, about the future of nuclear energy in the United States.

A judge in Texas has vacated President Biden's student loan relief plan, calling it unconstitutional. The ruling will almost certainly be appealed by the U.S. Justice Department.

A Ukrainian hotline that helps Russian soldiers sent to the frontline surrender has been used thousands of times. Its traffic increased after Russia announced a partial mobilization of civilians.

A scientific discovery could forever change China and the U.S. industrial balance.

Some states, like Pennsylvania, may be slower to report election results because of laws that don't allow officials to start preparing mail ballots for counting until Election Day.