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With clothes cheaper than a latte, built for today's microtrends, Shein courts the same young women who launched the renaissance of thrifting and resale. Legal complaints about the company are many.

A woman on TikTok asked: What is a sundress? Ten million views later, the debate is still raging.

Every April, for National Poetry Month, we ask listeners to submit poems via Twitter and TikTok. We share a few submissions that caught our attention.

Meet VanVan, the four-year-old rapper who is giving Nicki Minaj and Doja Cat a run for their money. She's getting millions of views on TikTok and Instagram.

Climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson finished their historic first free climb on El Capitan's Dawn Wall in Yosemite National Park. Melissa Block talks with the duo about their 19-day effort.

The top legal adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned over the weekend, the latest sign of instability in the Democrat's administration as it deals with multiple federal investigations.

State officials urged Florida Atlantic University to halt its search for a new president after an ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis was not named a finalist. Some worry the the disruption will scare off the three finalists for the top job.

Republican Barry Loudermilk denies he showed people around the complex before the insurrectionists laid siege. The committee says it has evidence contradicting that denial.

Planet Money attended the annual meeting of American economists — and the most popular topic this year was artificial intelligence.

A coalition of Asian American groups filed a federal complaint asking for an investigation into Yale, Brown and Dartmouth for alleged racially discriminatory practices in college admissions processes.

Only 7 percent of the nation's hospitals assessed by Medicare were good enough to win 5-star ratings. The government used patient reviews to come up with the grades.

Richard Donoghue, who served as acting deputy attorney general in the Trump administration, talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about former President Donald Trump's efforts to subvert the 2020 election.

Suicide killed more U.S. troops last year than combat in Afghanistan, a trend that's likely to continue this year. The causes and remedies are complicated, but Fort Bliss in Texas has bucked the trend. Suicides have declined there, after implementation of an interactive suicide prevention program.

The strike against Qassem Soleimani raises thorny legal questions — and experts disagree over whether the U.S. had the legal authority to do it.

Before the pandemic, diversity training programs were all the rage at movie and TV studios. Now, how are they faring?

A senior DOJ official in a memo said only agents "who acted with corrupt or partisan intent, who blatantly defied orders from Department leadership, or who exercised discretion in weaponizing the FBI" should be concerned.

Biden goes after TikTok. AMLO says Mexico is safer than the U.S>

Hurricane Milton makes landfall. TikTok is sued by 14 attorneys general.

A Navalny spokesperson said the assailant smashed a window of Leonid Volkov's car, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and started hitting him with a hammer in Lithuania's capital.

The fight for national bragging rights over gold medals — considered by many countries to be the most coveted prize — came down to the wire and, in the end, China and the U.S. tied with 40 apiece.

This year, conflicts dominated headlines.

Even in a hotly contested political year filled with national elections, Florida's governor made the Washington Post's list of the top 10 political quotes…

From control of Congress and the strength of the Biden presidency to potential Jan. 6 committee revelations and the future of abortion rights, there's a lot at stake in 2022.

Ok, so we may be the butt of jokes nationwide, what with the five days it took to count all the votes down to the Jill Kelley-General Petraeus sitcom. But…

As 2025 winds down, we've been looking at the year's most important stories in areas ranging from politics to art and culture to science.