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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Grace Lee, a pediatrician and chair of the CDC's Committee on Immunization Practices, about what's ahead for approving vaccines for younger kids.

Brian Castner commanded two Explosive Ordnance Disposal units in Iraq, where his team disabled roadside IEDs and investigated the aftermath of roadside car bombings. He returned home a completely different man, which he details in his memoir, The Long Walk.

The vast majority of headaches are innocuous despite the misery they cause. But here are the red flag signs to watch out for in the rare case a headache points to a bigger issue.

President Trump has ended so-called humanitarian parole for people from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, jeopardizing the legal status of nearly 1.5 million immigrants in the U.S.

Advocates for poor, elderly and disabled individuals, who have been pressing the DeSantis administration to leverage the additional funding since spring, hailed the plan.

The Chicago Blackhawks have beaten the Boston Bruins in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals. Chicago won 4-3 in a game that went into triple overtimes. It was the fifth-longest Stanley Cup finals game in history.

Clarence O. Smith, the founder of Essence magazine, talks about his career, his inspiration -- the late publisher John H. Johnson -- and his new record label.

The city council must vote on its half of the financing, which would be done by moving $600 million from a capital improvement plan and an existing, half-penny sales tax. No new taxes would be implemented.

Two people are dead following a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 near Tampa.The Florida Highway Patrol says a tire blew out and the driver lost…

Author Jean Zimmerman chooses five books that "pick up where history leaves off," shedding new light on often forgotten corners of history, from the unruly Florida frontier of the 18th century to the real-life little dancer who inspired Edgar Degas' famous sculpture.

Rapper Nicki Minaj put out her first album in five years Friday. Her legacy as the best-selling female rapper of all time includes 132 chart entries on the Hot 100.

Many North Korean defectors in South Korea use a secret network of brokers to stay connected to those back home. But recently, South Korea investigated some of those brokers for espionage.

A woman at a filling station in Kansas thought some kind of nature show was playing on the video screen above her pump. Then she realized it was an actual snake behind the screen.

In the face of raids and threats to previously safe spaces, some immigrants in the U.S. without legal status are weighing whether to heed Trump's call to voluntarily leave the U.S.

The Pulitzer-winning rapper has returned with his first solo release since 2017's DAMN.

A month into the Taliban taking control over Afghanistan, how are they intending to run the country? And what has their take-over meant for women, the economy or economic security?

Monday's crash happened near Dade City in Pasco County. The Florida Highway Patrol says a 25-year-old woman was driving north in the inside lane of I-75 around 4:35 a.m. She struck a tractor trailer hauling food and beverage products.

Former first lady Michelle Obama stole the show as Democrats tried out a glossy, highly produced, made-for-TV special to replace the energy of a live crowd at a convention.

Despite progress in some countries -- Chad, Nepal and Peru for example -- A new report from UNICEF looks at rates of "extreme hunger" among children age 5 and under.

Ron Elrod and his family left their trailer where they lived at the Coastal River RV Resort in Steinhatchee. Flooding from the powerful storm surge there was catastrophic.

Novelist David Levithan takes a wry look at adultery, while food writer Jessica Harris takes an African journey, astronomer Mike Brown explains the demotion of planet Pluto, novelist Stephen Amidon probes the human heart with his cardiologist brother, Thomas, and veterinarian Nicholas Dodman offers help for aging dogs.

NPR spoke with high school and college students who have been impacted by gun violence, and are now working to make sure others won't be.

Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.

Sit down with pop culture critic Linda Holmes as she watches the 2026 Winter Games. She is exhausted by cross-country, says "ow ow ow" during moguls, and makes the case, once and for all, for curling.