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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with ESPN Andscape columnist Clinton Yates about Deion Sanders' year in Review at the University of Colorado, which is seeing mixed views on whether the season was a success.

Dan Solomon's YA novel The Fight for Midnight takes place during former Texas state lawmaker Wendy Davis' filibuster of a bill that would restrict access to abortion. The protagonist is a teen boy.

When Nilanjan was laid off from his job in tech, his H-1B visa meant he had to find new work in 60 days, or risk having to leave the United States.

Our brains have a remarkable ability to take a mix of sounds and translate them into meaning. A team of scientists monitored the brain activity of people as they listened to English sentences.

The House of Representatives is set to vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

Israeli officials have accused international groups, including the United Nations, of ignoring what it describes as evidence of rape and sexual violence by Hamas fighters during the Oct. 7 attacks.

Workers at an Ohio arboretum are collecting thousands of seeds to help restore forests and fight climate change.

Federal workers across the country are bracing to lose pay indefinitely. Many have weathered shutdowns before and some face losing income at particularly inconvenient times in their lives.

The FDA recently determined that the country's leading decongestant is ineffective. Experts warn ineffectiveness isn't limited to that drug and expect more reviews of over-the-counter medicine.

President Biden has signed a sweeping executive order to create some federal oversight of rapidly expanding AI systems.

Thousands of Palestinians from Gaza were working in Israel when Hamas attacked on Oct. 7. Now, they're unable to go back and in limbo in the West Bank.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Michael Chow, also known as Mr. Chow, about his restaurant empire, his art, and his family history.

Over 100,000 migrants have sought shelter in New York City in the last year or so. Some are pregnant women fleeing violence and poverty. NPR followed the daily lives of three women.

Funding for the WIC program, which serves pregnant mothers and young children, is caught in political crosshairs, as the government shutdown and ongoing budget negotiations threaten full funding.

In the next presidential election, voters might choose between the oldest would-be president ever, and the second oldest. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with seniors about electing a president their age.

Forty years after the fall of an Argentine military dictatorship that tortured and murdered tens of thousands of civilians, a video record of its trial has its U.S. premiere at Film Forum in New York.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Talal Burnaz, the acting country director for International Medical Corps in Libya, about the immense humanitarian needs after massive flooding.

The coca leaf has been a part of Andean culture for thousands of years. But when an indigenous woman used it in a drink she calls Coca Pola, her company entered into the crosshairs of Coca-Cola.

When apple growers in West Virginia couldn't find buyers for their bumper crop this year, they got federal help to turn their harvest into charity.

John Cale, a legend of avant-garde music, is out with a new, highly-collaborative album at the age of 80.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., faces immediate political challenges, both within his party and in passing legislation that must be passed by a Senate run by Democrats.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with It's Been a Minute host Brittany Luse about her interview with legend Barbra Streisand, whose memoir is out.

A Los Angeles program aggressively scouts vacant units and lobbies landlords in one of the country's tightest real estate markets. Some landlords offer up units even before putting them on the market.

Death Valley's Badwater Basin is full of water after an epic year of rain and snow in California - and wildflowers are blooming extraordinarily late in the season.

Five years after of one of America's worst wildfires, slow and expensive recovery continues in Paradise, Calif., which could be a portent for what's ahead on fire-stricken Maui.