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Companies might have thought a silver lining from the pandemic was that remote work was slashing emissions. They're thinking again.

Snapchat's Family Center lets parents see whom their teen is contacting, but not their messages. Parents can also confidentially report accounts that concern them, without their child's knowledge.

An NPR investigation found stalled confirmatory trials and lax enforcement are plaguing the FDA's accelerated approval of drugs for urgent medical needs.

The collapse of FTX, one of the most prominent platforms for crypto exchange, left investors unable to access their money. And it's shaking crypto investors' confidence more broadly.

President-elect Barack Obama says he is "certain" his staff had no role in the filling of his former Senate seat. The remarks came in a news conference called to name former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle as his secretary of health and human services.

In his new memoir, An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist, the Oxford scientist reveals for the first time intimate details about his life — some of which are quite startling. Reviewer J.P. O'Malley says the book is "a fascinating account" of one man's quest for answers.

The calls raise questions about the May 20, 2023, incident and how the shooting was handled by officers with the Indianola, Miss., Police Department.

U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein sided with Amazon, which argued that Parler would not remove posts from its site that threatened public safety in the wake of the Capitol riot.

President Trump, Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have touted billions in terminated contracts deemed wasteful, but there's little transparency about how savings are tracked.

Drainage has exposed the fertile soils of the Everglades Agricultural Area, a region responsible for much of the nation’s sugar cane.

The Pentagon has set a goal of evacuating 9,000 people a day from the country. Those coming to the U.S. need assistance, as do those remaining in Afghanistan.

Since the ceremony first began in 1929, the Oscars have always been held at venues in Los Angeles. But Charles Monroe-Kane of Wisconsin Public Radio reports on a whimsical effort to bring the awards show to Green Bay, Wisc. Think your town's got what it takes to attract the glitterati? Share your opinion -- send an e-mail to NPR, telling us why your city should be the next Hollywood.

In the last century, human life expectancy has doubled. This hour, we talk with writer Steven Johnson on the many breakthroughs that made this possible — and where we go from here.

Two students who survived the Florida school shooting and spoke publicly about it are not "crisis actors," despite the claims of several…

Backers of a medical marijuana constitutional amendment in Florida announced Wednesday evening that they have collected enough signatures to make the 2014…

The shell of Gawker has settled with Hulk Hogan for $31 million, ending a years-long fight that led to the media company's bankruptcy, the shutdown of…

Opera is an art form filled with great passions, and opera fans are also known for their intense emotional attachment to the art form they love. NPR's Lynn Neary reports on the sometimes outrageous lengths fans go to show how they feel about a performance — see and hear some extreme examples of opera fan feedback.

Read excerpts of Iris Kluber's "Prairie Diary" recollecting her day in Kansas, Oct. 11, 2001.

The former president claimed that references in news articles or by the network's hosts to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election as "the Big Lie" was tantamount to comparing him to Adolf Hitler.

Mindfulness expert and Headspace co-founder Andy Puddicombe guides listeners through a meditative reflection on appreciating breath.

There is a sort of criminal cottage industry that crops up when disasters go down. And there are task forces are made up of local, state and federal law…

Florida’s state-run Citizens Property Insurance is coming to the Tampa Bay region for feedback on its announced rate increases.Citizens’ policyholders…

In Florida, the number of cases of food poisoning linked to Foster Farms brand chicken is now four, the state Department of Health announced Thursday.…

One hundred people who used to work for WellCare Health Plans, Inc. in Tampa were laid off Thursday as part of a 3-percent workforce reduction, according…

Two major health care groups have named new Chief Operating Officers for their Florida operations. Liz Miller has been promoted to the position at...