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In 2001, NPR's Dina Temple-Raston interviewed two men who had been hauling away what was left of the World Trade Center towers. Fifteen years later, she went back to find them.

Millions are uninsured because 12 states, including Florida, have not accepted Medicaid expansion. Congressional Democrats want to offer coverage in the spending bill being debated, but competition to get into that package is fierce.

President Biden went to Capitol Hill to press progressives and moderates to stay together on a massive spending bill that expands government and will need to pass without GOP support.

Law enforcement is targeting illegal guns as violent crime rises in cities across the country. Residents of hard-hit neighborhoods in Chicago are stepping up to fight gun violence, too.

Among them: People with flu-like symptoms should stay home, simultaneous online instruction will no longer be offered, and quarantine policies are eased for those vaccinated.

Teachers in the U.S. flee the profession at rates higher than other developed nations. Often, the reasons have little to do with pay, parents or students.

Republicans need to gain just five seats in next year's midterm elections to take control of the U.S. House. It's New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney's job to make sure that doesn't happen.

British Columbia was devastated by natural disasters this year attributed to climate change. The Canadian province is evaluating how to prepare for the next disasters.

The bill creates offices at DOJ, DHS, and the FBI to track domestic terror threats. GOP lawmakers argue it could allow federal officials to ensnare parents, a charge DOJ rejects.

Australians awoke on Sunday to a new prime minister in Anthony Albanese, the center-left Labor Party leader, though it remains unclear whether his party can form a majority government.

Since the war has mainly shifted to the east of Ukraine, residents and business owners have been returning to parts of the Kyiv region, including hard-hit Bucha.

Payments on federal student loans have been paused for two years, and the Biden administration appears to be considering extending the pause beyond May.

The Trump administration has shrunk the number of locations for this year's field test of the 2030 census and has added plans to test replacing temporary census workers with U.S. Postal Service staff.

There is a major detail that changes the league's approach ahead of the construction of the rink: Raymond James Stadium is a fully outdoor stadium exposed to Florida's temperature and humidity.

"He's giving us hope this neighborhood will come back to life," says a neighbor in the apartment building in Kharkiv damaged during Russia's invasion.

The pianist's 1958 recording At The Pershing: But Not For Me spent 108 weeks on the Billboard album chart.

Armed with cotton swabs, strong solvents and a lot of training, conservators are entrusted with restoring priceless works of art. At the National Gallery of Art we learn that varnish is enemy No. 1.

Shelters around Houston are struggling to keep up with the thousands of people forced from their homes. The downtown convention center is filled beyond capacity, and people are still arriving.

Video shows officers being fired at when they arrive at the scene. Authorities said the gunman legally purchased the AR-15 style rifle used in the attack.

An unusual pattern for mid-June promises to bring several rounds of strong and severe thunderstorms to the Panhandle and North Florida through week's end.

Despite President Trump's efforts to deeply cut science funding from the federal budget in 2026, Congress quietly restored much of the funding to previous levels in recent weeks.

The U.S. has launched a "deadly strike" against Islamic State fighters in northwest Nigeria, according to Trump. And, holiday spending was higher than expected this year.

A federal appeals court put a controversial Texas immigration law on hold hours after the Supreme Court allowed it to take effect. Six former Mississippi officers are sentenced for torturing two men.

The FBI released new details about the boy accused of deadly shooting at Apalachee High in Georgia. And, two RT employees charged for scheme to spread Kremlin propaganda before November election.

The progression has become numbingly repetitive — mass bloodshed unleashed by a gunman, followed by the stories of the fallen, the funerals, the...