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Her rendition of the patriotic song had been a staple at New York Yankees and Philadelphia Flyers games for decades. Critics say that other elements of the singer's career were clearly racist.

Charlottesville, Va., approved a plan to melt down a Robert E. Lee statue — central in a deadly and violent white nationalist rally five years ago — and put a public art installation in its place.

Polls, races to watch and vote counting: here's what to expect in the 2022 midterm elections.

People in the paths of tornadoes — especially in rural areas without cell service — too often miss warnings that save lives.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to attorney Jared Genser about one of the five Americans freed from a Tehran prison and is now under house arrest, following a new U.S.-Iran deal.

Algebra, trigonometry and calculus keep millions of people from graduating. And they're unnecessary, argues author and professor Andrew Hacker.

It was the lowest attendance for a postseason game since the 1919 World Series other than during the coronavirus pandemic. Game 2 is at the Trop on Wednesday.

As the late night TV genre crumbles under sagging viewership and the decline of traditional media, O'Brien's renaissance provides an example for the future.

With less than a month to go before the tax-filing deadline and as it experiments with a new way for people to file electronic returns, the IRS says this year's tax season is proceeding smoothly.

In dropping his presidential bid, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he'd seek to remove his name from about 10 battleground state ballots, but an NPR review finds it is likely not possible in certain states.

"Who could have colonized a great country like America?" That's what this Ghanaian thought when his American wife told him it was Independence Day.

The court sided with the administration in a dispute with GOP-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial posts on topics including COVID and election security.

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed funeral directors in a unique position. Rachel Martin speaks with Pat Marmo, a funeral director based in New York City.

Jeff Vinik says new owners Doug Ostrover and Marc Lipschultz will maintain the team's winning legacy for "generations." Vinik will still run the show for three years and remain an active minority owner after that.

Some things have gotten cheaper, even in an era of high prices. What are those things? We've been tracking them at a Walmart in Georgia.

Rather than taking weeks or months, climbers are trying to summit Everest in just 7 days by inhaling xenon gas. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Dr. Peter Hackett, a pioneer in altitude research.

The bill has come under intense scrutiny from billionaire Elon Musk, who called it a "disgusting abomination" and threatened to finance challenges to lawmakers who support it.

It takes a spy to catch a spy in Steven Soderbergh's thriller Black Bag. And if they're married and played by Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett, so much the better.

The House passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act. Members of the Senate are working on an alternative bill.

The Senate held the first bipartisan joint oversight hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. All four men testifying said they agree the attack was largely premeditated.

Mortgage rates are ticking up, even after the Federal Reserve has started cutting interest rates. Here's why, and where rates — and home sales — could go from here.

Filmmaker Fatih Akin says he made In the Fade to spotlight something terrorism stories often overlook: the victims. It follows a woman whose husband and 6-year old son have been murdered by neo-Nazis.

Tampa's historic district kicked off the winter holidays with a tree lighting ceremony in Centro Ybor Wednesday night."We really do it because any major…

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved new rates for Citizens Property Insurance Corp. customers that will increase average rates for…

The awareness campaign called Race to Safe aims to get residents to "the finish line of this pandemic."