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Russia lost a key ally when the Syrian President was ousted by Islamist rebels last month. NPR visited a Russian air base in western Syria to examine how Moscow will fare under Syria's new rulers.

The surprising loss of 467,000 jobs in June, far more than expected, is fueling Republican criticism of the Obama administration's stimulus program. After the numbers were announced Thursday, President Obama called the huge job losses sobering. The continuing fallout in the labor market is causing problems in the housing sector, and vice versa.

The president touted investments in extreme heat resilience and offshore wind at the site of a converted coal plant in Massachusetts, but stopped short of declaring a "climate emergency."

Americans rank poorly on many health outcomes compared to other countries. The new series Living Better explore ways to change that.

Jonny Greenwood began as an underachieving viola student at Oxford. After years of crafting the iconic guitar sound of Radiohead, he's found his way back to the orchestra as a film-score composer.

After eight days of deliberations, a federal jury in New York finds the former head of WorldCom guilty of all of the charges against him. The jury returned guilty verdicts against Bernard Ebbers on one count of conspiracy, one count of securities fraud and multiple counts of filing false documents.

On "Florida Matters: Live & Local," we explore why some Floridians are thinking of bolting while others stay put, how air taxis could lift commuters and the region's original aviation innovation.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Iran would free the 15 detained British sailors and marines as a gift to the British people. He made the announcement after awarding a medal to the Iranian coast guard commander who intercepted the sailors and marines in the northern Gulf on March 23.

Nearly half of the American workforce is now working remotely at least one day a week. And new research shows that many employees consider remote work to be non-negotiable for their employment.

A storm surge of up to 15 feet over parts of Florida remained one of the biggest concerns. "This will cover your house," Gov. Rick Scott warned. "You will not survive."

More than 11 million confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in the U.S., according to Johns Hopkins University. The country recorded 166,555 new cases in the last day and 1,266 new deaths.

David Greene talks to Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar about White House action to reverse Obama policies that Trump disagrees with: Cuba travel and the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans plan.

Some who live along the Gulf Coast say the $4.5 billion in criminal and civil penalties aren't enough. Local authorities will continue to press their cases.

Songs Of Disappearance is an entire album of calls from endangered Australian birds. Last month, it briefly perched at No. 3 on the country's top 50 albums chart – ahead of Taylor Swift.

Mayor John Suthers tells NPR one of the two patrons who fought the suspect grabbed a gun from the shooter and hit him with it. The motive behind the attack, which left at least five dead, is unknown.

Demetria or "Demi" Bannister had a powerful voice — singing or not — that could touch the heart of anyone she encountered.

A photographer confronts the childhood discomfort she felt wearing traditional Mustangi clothing in public by traveling across the country and posing for portraits in them.

For years, the U.S. Army has not been able to meet its annual recruitment goal. The Secretary of the Army, Christine Wormuth, is rolling out a plan to address that.

Singer Al Green has a new album of songs out, called I Can't Stop. The material is Green's return to his soulful sound of the 1970s, after spending more than two decades concentrating on gospel music. Critic Tom Moon has a review.

It's hurricane season, and tropical storms tend to form in June in the Gulf and the far western Atlantic, east of Florida. They are often big rainmakers.

The five statewide primaries once again tested former President Donald Trump's influence on the Republican side — with mixed results. Here's what we learned on Tuesday.

The weeks-old government is allowing only migrants identified as vulnerable to disembark. Humanitarian groups, activists and two lawmakers protested the selection process as illegal and inhumane.

Slate writer Seth Stevenson reads his open letter to famed baseball pitcher Roger Clemens. As a native of Boston, Stevenson says Clemens ruined his childhood by leaving the Red Sox.

Actor Emma D'Arcy said their favorite drink was a Negroni sbagliato. Now fans are ordering it in droves. If you want to give it a try, here's what you'll need.

Laurie Halse Anderson's latest young adult novel, The Impossible Knife of Memory, follows 15-year-old Hayley and her dad, who suffers from PTSD after serving in Iraq. Anderson says the book draws on her own experience of growing up with a World War II veteran father who still struggles with his war memories.