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Since Florida enacted a six-week abortion ban, clinics in several other Southern and mid-Atlantic states have sprung into action. They know women impacted by the change will look to them for services no longer available in Florida.

Fiona Mozley's book Elmet explores masculinity in both male and female characters. "When we sort of see a woman possessing unexpected or fantastical physical strength it's questioned more," she says.

Writer Lev Grossman was raised on a strict diet of literary classics — until he discovered T.H. White's masterful retelling of the King Arthur tale. In The Once and Future King, what was once as stiff and two-dimensional as a medieval tapestry becomes rich and real and devastatingly sad.

Betty White has been on television — in her words — "forever." Her new memoir, If You Ask Me, focuses on the past 15 years of her life and career. Far from slowing down, that career has been skyrocketing as a new generation gets to know her.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: BTS, Sandra Oh and meditations on humor.

Ronnie Greene's new book explores a case dating back to the days after Hurricane Katrina, when New Orleans police officers shot six unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge in East New Orleans.

More than 1,400 gallons of firefighting foam with toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" spilled into the environment when a fire suppression system at an airplane hangar in Maine went off by accident.

They're used by law enforcement agencies, private companies and municipalities and are being installed in Florida and across the country at a rapid pace.

Ten years ago Friday, 43 drivers lined up to race NASCAR's Daytona 500. One of them was Dale Earnhardt, who died in a crash in the last lap. Fellow racer Michael Waltrip, who won that race, details the day's events in a new book: In the Blink of an Eye: Dale, Daytona, and the Day that Changed Everything.

The seven-time Super Bowl champion purchased a minority stake in the Las Vegas Raiders, a deal unanimously approved by NFL team owners at the league's annual fall meeting.

The photographer, film producer and activist was killed alongside her husband, director and actor Rob Reiner on Sunday.

We start to lose muscle in our 30s, and the loss accelerates with age, putting us at risk of frailty later in life. But what you eat — specifically how much protein — is a big part of the solution.

Bulgaria was not among the favorites to win. But performer Dara's catchy, banging anthem bested 24 other nations at the 70th edition of the international singing extravaganza.

Officials are assessing the damage after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5. And, how the government shutdown is impacting air traffic controllers.

It is the latest in a series of Israeli attacks against journalists covering the war in Gaza and Lebanon in the past year.

Marc Ribot has spent nearly three decades as a guitarist on the margins. Critic Robert Christgau explains why Ribot's new hard-rock album with Ceramic Dog ranks among his most daring pieces of music.

She was never just that prim prude from the start of Grease, nor the strutting vamp from its finale. Her superpower, for over 50 years, was embodying both at once.

The FDA will review data to decide whether to approve MDMA, also known as ecstasy, for PTSD treatment. Biden is expected to issue an executive order addressing asylum seekers at the southern border.

Hope Walz, Minnesota's first daughter, has gone viral in videos from the state fair and about text-free driving as her dad, Gov. Tim Walz, takes the spotlight Wednesday night at the DNC.

The Reverend Doctor talks with us about the intersection between faith and justice.

Ernest Gagnon, who once weighed 570 pounds, chose an unusual way to lose weight. Instead of surgery, he decided to take up cyclocross. He lost more than 200 pounds, and now he's even racing.

NPR's Noel King talks to Arvind Subramanian of Brown University's Watson Center and former chief economic adviser to the government of India, about the likely undercount of COVID-19 deaths in India.

It's been 10 years since a tornado nearly wiped Greensburg, Kan., off the map. It's rebuilt to energy-efficient standards, primed for a comeback. What it lacks is people.

On Instagram and in his latest book, former White House photographer Pete Souza juxtaposes images of the 44th president as critical counterpoints to headlines and tweets generated by the 45th.

What exactly did President Trump mean by covfefe? Was it a deliberate attempt at a word by POTUS or a simple fudge of the fingers? NPR's Scott Simon has an idea.