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Can electric vehicles help in our fight against climate change? It's not a simple answer.

It's the latest city told it is being audited by the state. Some of the 15 requests related to DEI extend to “contractors, grant recipients or members of the public."

The city of Sarasota is planning to file a lawsuit against a number of major pharmaceutical companies to recover damages from the opioid crisis. City…

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Salman Rushdie about his new book, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder.

The sizable jump in Americans with insurance, due in large part to the implementation of the federal health law, is unprecedented since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid 50 years ago.

The former secretary of housing and urban development and former San Antonio mayor was among the first to advocate for decriminalizing illegal border crossings. Other candidates followed his lead.

NPR economics, science and national correspondents present the latest updates in the U.S. response to the coronavirus epidemic.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw about the push for stricter railway safety rules, following the derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine, Ohio.

The state's program of free cancer screening and treatment is reducing inequities. Key to its success is robust outreach by patient navigators who connect with those least likely to seek care.

As legal battles heat up, the Department of Education will consider expanding the "hope scholarship" to provide access to vouchers for families against mask mandates.

Election officials in Los Angeles County say their preliminary analysis of the federal government's list of 20,000 "likely" noncitizens registered to vote in California shows the list is "unreliable."

Evening Masterworks: John Field's Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat

Evening Masterworks: John Field's Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about the big sports stories of the week.

On Twitter, President Trump responds to reports he's under FBI investigation for possible obstruction of justice. While some say his tweets confirm a probe, he could be reacting to press accounts.

One of the teachers killed by the gunman called her husband, a Uvalde schools police officer, after she'd been shot. This and other new details raise questions about police's response to the shooting.

A memo written by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley that criticizes Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been leaked to The New York Times. The memo also considers the political environment in Iraq. Robert Siegel talks with Nancy Youssef, Baghdad bureau chief for McClatchy newspapers, who has met with Maliki both before and after he took his current post.

Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee have voted to join the United Auto Workers union. NPR's Leila Fadel talks with the union's president Shawn Fain.

Sharon Washington grew up in an apartment above a branch of the New York Public Library — her father was its custodian. After hours, she had the run of the place. She tells that story in a new play.

We've all been there. Growing up watching Disney movies or romcoms and wondering when will I find my true love? A 22-year-old college student asks this age-old question.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders,I-Vermont, about his concerns over the risks of artificial intelligence.

The young North Carolina woman has refused to go to a nursing home in another state. While she wants to leave the hospital, she asks to live in her own home, close to family and her school.

A pivotal international custody dispute over a 5-year-old boy unfolded 15 years ago, and helped pave the way to normalizing U.S. relations with Cuba.

Robert Siegel talks with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus ahead of the midterm elections.

Lebanese author Hanan al-Shaykh says it took her a while to fall in love with the legendary Arab heroine. She retells Scheherazade's famous stories in a new translation of One Thousand and One Nights.