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NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Dana Leigh Marks, president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, about the increase in Central American migrants seeking asylum in the U.S.

A Russian named Grigory Perelman, is credited with helping solve a famous 100-year-old math problem. Both the problem and the man who solved it are a bit of a puzzle.

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals gave Florida’s marriage equality activists a procedural win Wednesday. A three-judge panel ruled a lower court’s...

Florida families are calling on the state to fully fund mental health services. Social service agencies say the lack of funding for mental health care...

Gov. Ron DeSantis formally asked Wednesday that the statue of civil-rights leader and educator Mary McLeod Bethune replace the likeness of a Confederate...

Helena Ramsay was wise beyond her years, shy until you got to know her and discovered she had a wicked wit. She dreamed of seeing the pink dolphins in...

Health groups and local governments say decades of work to keep tobacco products out of the hands of kids could be overturned through a House measure…

The Sampaguita released an album, also called "The Sampaguitas," which contains Filipino folk songs sung in Tagalog, one of the languages of the Philippines.

A magistrate judge is wrestling with whether a U.S. Navy veteran accused of disorderly conduct and other charges should be detained pending trial. He was arrested near the Obama residence last week.

Hamas enjoyed its first full day of control in Gaza after seizing the territory from Fatah fighters, as beleaguered Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fought back politically, appointing a new prime minister in the West Bank. But in Gaza, Hamas dismissed Abbas's moves as meaningless.

A Wisconsin insurance board has reversed a decision made last year to bar coverage of transgender hormone therapy and surgery for public workers.

It would direct the FWC to survey participants in Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network summer camps in 2025 and 2026 about whether another state bird should be selected.

Candidates must be between ages 30 and 55, in good physical health with no dietary restrictions and have a master's degree in a STEM field. They'll experience limited communication and food rationing

Martin Ramirez was a Mexican immigrant who spent more than 30 years in California psychiatric hospitals. At the time, much of his work was thrown away, but today, he is hailed as one of the giants of 20th century art.

President Bush hosts Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is expected to press for help in stopping Kurds in northern Iraq from further cross border attacks. The Turks have threatened to send in troops. But so far, Ankara has heeded U.S. calls for restraint.

Vice President Joe Biden met with factions in the gun debate this week from the National Rifle Association to the families of the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings. On Tuesday, Biden will present the recommendations of the task force on gun violence he has been leading to President Obama. Host Scott Simon speaks with NPR's Brian Naylor about the efforts to find common ground.

Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian observer to the United Nations, says there must be an immediate cease-fire to end the violence in the Gaza Strip. He also wants an agreement on an international force to guarantee the cease-fire.

The FCC announces on Thursday that it will use the city of Wilmington, N.C., as a testing ground for changes in the way millions of Americans get their TV signals. By February of next year, regular over-the-air TV signals are supposed to be phased out — and the FCC wants to make sure this process goes smoothly.

The National Retail Federation has urged Obama transition officials to devote some of the stimulus package to the creation of tax holidays next year. The group wants three, 10-day periods in which there will be no state sales tax.

A new training program at the University of South Florida is designed to help nurses deal with the stress of the coronavirus pandemic.

Lawyers for a young Portland man convicted of trying to blow up a Christmas tree ceremony are asking a judge to order the Justice Department to open its files and share "facts and circumstances" of electronic surveillance that prosecutors disclosed only months after his conviction.

Special Prosecutors say they will present a case to the New Mexico Grand Jury to determine if Alec Baldwin should be criminally charged in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

When medication wasn't relieving her 3-year-old son's juvenile arthritis, Susannah Meadows started investigating non-medical treatments like diet and supplements.

President Biden called it outrageous that the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Israel's prime minister and defense minister and three Hamas leaders.

Warren has called DeSantis' move a "blatant political stunt" and an "abuse of power." DeSantis said Warren was suspended for refusing to do his job.