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After months of considering a run for governor, Republican House Speaker Richard Corcoran will stay out of the race and instead back Agriculture…

Daniel Tammet is a savant who experiences his world through equations and calculations. His new book, a collection of essays called Thinking In Numbers, explores language, history and even love through numbers.

The lawsuit filed on behalf of five patients who said their lives were put at risk and two physicians asks a state judge to clarify exceptions for medical emergencies under Texas law.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Tramell Tillman and Britt Lower, stars of the Apple TV+ series, about their complex character arcs and show's highly-anticipated second season.

Rick Najera's name may not sound familiar, but his work is famous in Hollywood. Host Michel Martin talks with the funnyman about his career and his book Almost White: Forced Confessions of A Latino in Hollywood.

This Thanksgiving is especially meaningful for families in Texas who survived the Fourth of July floods and particularly painful for those who lost loved ones.

A pterosaur is not a dinosaur, but the oldest known powered flying vertebrates. Brigham Young University students and teachers have published the result of their findings of the oldest known fossil.

A decision to let her son enjoy a few moments of independence and beauty ended in tragedy. But out of Rich Stark's death in a car accident, Myra Dean managed to extract small comforts.

"If Russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine again, there will no longer be a Nord Stream 2," Biden said, without offering specifics.

On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: In Listen to the Earth, James Grant takes us aboard Apollo 11 — from liftoff, through orbit, all the way to the lunar surface. Drawing from NASA transcripts, environmental texts, and his own poetic reflections, Grant’s music becomes a call to witness our planet’s beauty from space — and to care for it with everything we’ve got.Then: Inspired by a Mark Rothko painting, Anna Clyne’s Color Field imagines sound as color and color as sound — with musical movements tied to yellow, red, and orange. Each section draws from synesthesia and Scriabin’s color-pitch associations, blending warmth, fire, and calm into a vivid, sonic canvas.

Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the company will pay $5 billion and its co-founder could be subject to penalties if Facebook doesn't comply with the agreement.

When author Vaddey Ratner was just a child, the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia and destroyed her aristocratic family. Her new novel, In the Shadow of the Banyan, draws on her terrible experiences — and the poetry and stories from her father that helped her survive.

NPR's Chris Arnold and Leah Rosenbaum of The War Horse discuss an NPR investigation into companies charging disabled veterans thousands of dollars for help the Department of Veterans Affairs says should be free and what the response from Congress has been.

The New York City debut from the British soul singer counters the prevailing narrative around her. As she guided fans in spiritual healing, she did it as she has her whole career: on her own terms.

Following the U.S. operation in Venezuela, AI content has proliferated.

Trinity Moravian Church, a politically diverse congregation in Winston-Salem, N. C., has been raising money to retire medical debt in the surrounding community.

Americans are not sold on President Trump's immigration deal that calls for billions for a border wall. That's one finding of an NPR/Ipsos poll that shows Americans sharply divided on immigration.

A new national poll reveals a striking paradox in public sentiment ahead of America's 250th anniversary: a disconnect between Americans' strong patriotic pride and their lack of civic knowledge.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with USA men's marathoners Conner Mantz and Clayton Young about the challenges of the Paris marathon, and their longtime friendship on and off the running course.

The famous author's short story, 'There will come soft rains' predicted a world where machines would take over after August 4th, 2026.

A few days ago, Domingo Martinez was just a regular guy working as a graphic designer and writing on the side. Then on Wednesday he woke up to find himself nominated for the National Book Award for nonfiction for his book, The Boy Kings of Texas.

The class action claims detention officials have “made it virtually impossible for detainees, or their counsel, to file documents required to contest their detention with the immigration court.”

President Trump has announced that the U.S. is delaying a 50% tariff on Canadian imports after reaching a deal. And, how progressive Democrats fared in Florida's primary elections yesterday.

Grab your measuring cups and get ready to be super hungry.

California's Democratic leaders are worried about a potential clash with President-elect Donald Trump after he takes office over disaster aid to help those in Los Angeles after devastating wildfires.