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A member of the President's now-defunct voter fraud commission is speaking out. NPR's Don Gonyea talks to Matthew Dunlap about the panel, which he says was set up to validate the president's claims.

Saturday marks the shortest day of the year and the official start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. NPR has compiled plenty of expert tips for celebrating the solstice and weathering winter.

Whether we were paying attention or not, 2024 was filled with good news. In case you weren't, NPR's member stations have been keeping track. Here are some of the stories that made us smile this year.

The Biden administration accuses charter companies of collaborating with global smuggling networks.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with D.C. AG Brian Schwalb about the new lawsuit against TikTok alleging that the social media platform causes harm to kids and operates in an illegal virtual economy.

As cancer rates rise among people under 50, more and more parents are facing the heightened emotions and challenging logistics of raising kids while going through treatment.

Medicaid and ACA programs have long struggled to connect with lower-income Americans to help them access care. Now some are trying an alternative approach: meeting them as they wait for laundry.

The White House defended its decision to block The Associated Press from covering two official events on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

Thousands of south Miami-Dade residents are coping with road closures and dangerous air quality with the breakout of a massive brush fire. Only about 30% of the fire is contained.

This election cycle, AI-generated images have proliferated on social media platforms after politically charged news events. They often spread partisan narratives rather than facts.

Valerie ran off while she was on a camping trip with her owners back in 2023 on a remote island in Australia. They had lost hope until locals spotted her more than a year later, surviving in the wild.

Thomas' April 23 death at age 71 brings to a close one of the most significant avant-garde experiments ever conducted within the confines of pop music. Rock critic Ken Tucker reflects on his legacy.

Paleontologist Ken Lacovara never expected to find critical fossil data in a New Jersey suburb—let alone info about the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. His dig site is now a fossil park and museum.

After nearly 25 years, the Greek singer who has inspired Joan Baez and Nels Cline returns to Carnegie Hall to perform the music of one of her most well-known collaborators, composer Mikis Theodorakis.

More than 50 Venezuelans were scheduled to be flown out of the country — presumably to El Salvador — from an immigration detention center in Anson, Texas, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.

What is it like to take sanctuary in a church to prevent immigration actions against you or your family? A family recounts three years living at a Denver church.

Panelists criticized what they say are extreme tactics under President Donald Trump and his administration.

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.

The Hillsborough State Attorney's office dropped the felony criminal case against a man who drew national attention after being accused of tying his bull terrier to a fence along I-75 in the face of Hurricane Milton.

Critics say that "slop" videos made with generative AI are often repetitive or useless. But they get millions of views — and platforms are grappling with what to do about them.

There are bills to further restrict kids' cell phone use in schools and to require cursive instruction for younger students. Another piece of legislation would nix an upcoming mandate for some schools to start later.

Rainbow-painted crosswalks and Black Lives Matter street art installations could be a thing of the past. New guidelines place bans on political, social or ideological messaging.

Nearly two dozen states have passed laws regulating how tech companies collect data from our faces, eyes and voices. It comes as Congress has yet to pass any facial recognition technology.

The city of Los Angeles recently finished a massive project to synchronize all of its 4,500 traffic lights in the hopes of reducing congestion. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon checks in with Kajon Cermak, traffic reporter for member station KCRW in Santa Monica to see how the plan is panning out.

The New Yorker's Masha Gessen and Adrian Chen have covered Russia extensively. They tell NPR's David Greene why they think the impact of Russian election interference efforts is largely overblown.