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Growing up in the 1950s, Gwen Timbimboo Davis, a Native American, spent most summers visiting the reservation where her grandmother lived. She talks to her daughter about her memories.

U.S. employers added 943,000 jobs in July as the unemployment rate fell to 5.4%. Nearly 70% of the new jobs went to women.

A longtime touring member of The Rolling Stones, Tim Ries says his favorite nights were the ones without a show — when he and Watts would sneak into town to play the music they loved most.

The streets of Hong Kong were hot with protests over the weekend. Tear gas and water cannons were fired by police at protesters after the initially peaceful demonstrations turned violent.

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Yolanda Renee King, granddaughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, about her new children's book, We Dream A World.

Advocates for cancer research and resources put aside political differences to lobby lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

A growing number of women and children are becoming entangled in drugs as the country's number of addicts aggressively grows.

The astronauts returned from the International Space Station after their spacecraft, Resilience, set a new record for the longest spaceflight by a U.S. space capsule that carried a crew.

NPR Political Editor Ken Rudin answers your questions. This week: precedents for Rice's move from the NSA to the State Department.

Una nueva ley de integridad electoral en el Estado del Sol cambiará drásticamente el registro de votantes, pero no entrará en vigor sino hasta después de las elecciones intermedias de noviembre.

A gunman on a rooftop in Highland Park, a Chicago suburb, opened fire on the crowd that came together to celebrate. At least six people were killed. Police say a person of interest is in custody.

It's been 40 years since NASA launched Apollo 17, its final human mission to the moon. The commander of that mission says he'd love to give up his claim to fame as "the last man on the moon" but concedes that it probably won't happen in his lifetime. And future trips might be run by companies in the private sector.

Tulsa defeated No. 24 USF 76-70, snapping the nation’s longest winning streak. USF ends the regular season with a 23-6 record and now heads to the American Athletic Conference Tournament on Friday.

The tribe celebrated plans to spend the money to replace gas and diesel-burning school buses and other vehicles with electric vehicles at a ceremony that included students and federal officials.

Computer data thieves who hit the Monster.com job site managed to acquire confidential information posted by more than 1 million job seekers, a company official says. The attack on Monster's site was executed from a server in Ukraine.

John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, is saying thank you to the people who helped him win freedom from court oversight.

El Partido Republicano de Florida ha vendido más de 125,000 dólares en mercancía con la marca "Alligator Alcatraz". El Partido Demócrata del estado dijo que el Partido Republicano está lucrando con el sufrimiento de la gente.

More than 14 million people have been displaced by the war in Ukraine. One shelter in the western city of Lviv has helped thousands of women and children. It now has only about 100 occupants left.

The Texas Rangers shut out the St. Louis Cardinals in Game Four of the World Series on Sunday night. With the series now tied at two, Game Five is Monday night at Rangers Ballpark.

Organized labor has scored some big victories this year, including new contracts at UPS. Can the winning streak continue?

Iowa, Nebraska, South Carolina and South Dakota have agreed to share their records to help the Trump administration produce citizenship data that could be used for redrawing voting districts.

President Trump made the announcement at an investment conference in Saudi Arabia. He is also heading to Qatar and the UAE on a trip focused on big-dollar deals.

On Florida Matters, Stetson law professor Louis Virelli said the Florida Supreme Court's ruling "shined a very bright light on the importance of the abortion amendment."