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Trans people in the U.S. have gained more rights in recent years, yet in many states those same rights are under attack. Now they are grappling with their newfound visibility – and vulnerability.

Thousands of refugees are crossing Sudan's western border into Chad, fleeing escalating violence. Aid workers are hastily coordinating basic necessities as the rainy season approaches.

Norfolk Southern Railway has removed a small mountain of soil laced with toxins since the February train derailment in East Palestine. What happens to the waste that hazmat teams collect?

It looks like Turkey's presidential election is heading for a runoff between incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

Biden has warned that defaulting on the national debt "would devastate retirement accounts," among other things. The head of advice methodology at Vanguard wants people to remember the bigger picture.

Pasco County has one of the highest drug overdose death rates in the state. Officials want to fund projects focused on prevention, treatment and recovery.

Declarations and loosened restrictions aside, for the immunocompromised or chronically ill, COVID is still a major concern.

The case dates back to then-citizen Trump's 2013 agreement with the GSA to lease the Old Post Office Building in Washington for conversion into the Trump International Hotel.

Deegan is a charity founder and former TV anchor. The Florida Democratic Party called her win a "massive victory."

NPR's A Martinez talks to Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington about House Republicans' proposal to tighten work requirements on federal benefits in exchange for raising the debt ceiling.

The earliest, most complete Hebrew bible ever discovered is being sold at auction Wednesday at Sotheby's in New York City. It's estimated to go for between $30 and $50 million.

President Biden will head to Japan to meet with G7 leaders. He canceled plans to travel on to Australia because of the looming debt ceiling deadline. He also planned to stop in Papua New Guinea.

Ahead of oral arguments in the Supreme Court over access to mifepristone, more than 150 people shared stories with NPR about how they used the medication — and how it changed their lives.

R.F. Kuang's novel Yellowface offers a literary exploration of cultural appropriation taken to a new degree.

Ukrainian forces claim they've made advances in the battle for Bakhmut — a city in the east that Russia has been trying to capture for more than 10 months.

The 22 stories in Sidle Creek charm, surprise, and convey a deep love of the people and place — the Appalachian plateau of western Pennsylvania — that author Jolene McIlwain has long called home.

In Leon County, Elder Care’s executive director worries if Congress' discussions impact funding, it could have a negative effect on seniors' well-being and pockets.

An agreement allowing Ukrainian grain to ship through the Black Sea has been extended for two months just a day before its expiration — overcoming Russia's threats to pull out of the deal.

We unpack how the default would affect credit, government payments for programs ranging from social security to SNAP benefits, and more.

Since Elon Musk took over Twitter, many users have fled the platform. Among those packing their bags and heading out? Members of Black Twitter.

With more than 4,000 taco trucks and close to 25,000 restaurants across the county, Los Angeles is one of the most exciting, diverse food cities in the country.

HCA denies the union’s claims and says union protests tend to take place during collective bargaining to get attention.

NPR's pharmaceuticals correspondent Sydney Lupkin reports on the shortage of a drug called Norditropin.

Amid rising nuclear tension around the world, what do nuclear experts want to hear from him?

A bipartisan group of five female South Carolina state senators have banded together to fight the passage of a near-total ban on abortions in a special session that's now underway.