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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains defiant, insisting he won't resign after another crisis rocked his leadership.

Georgia hasn’t expanded Medicaid. Some people suffer more than others because of that coverage gap.

The Trump administration is encouraging people to have more children, with baby bonuses and tax breaks. But some families who are practicing pronatalism want alternatives to hospital births.

More than 1 million immigrants, most lacking permanent legal status, are covered by state health programs. Several states, including GOP-led Utah, will soon add or expand such coverage.

We check in with Black voters who weren't excited about President Biden's campaign to see what they think of Vice President Harris on the trail.

We check in with Black voters who weren't excited about President Biden's campaign to see what they think of Vice President Harris on the trail.

Star Trek: Discovery starts a new season Thursday on CBS All Access, which is trying to build a new version of the franchise for an all-access world — hoping its reinvention will draw in subscribers.

Cartoonist Art Spiegelman's epic Holocaust graphic novel, Maus, was published 25 years ago. Spiegelman's new book, MetaMaus, explores that signature work through interviews, answers to persistent questions and examples of his early drawings.

The first-week numbers for Olivia Rodrigo's third album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, are a massive milestone for the pop star.

About 1 in 7 women go through pregnancy and postpartum feeling depressed. NPR's Life Kit team has tips on how to recognize the symptoms and where to look for help.

Joker: Folie A Deux is a musical follow-up to Joaquin Phoenix's turn as DC Comics villain Joker, this time with Lady Gaga; and Saturday Night dramatizes the very first show of what would become SNL.

Gina Haspel's prepared remarks say that "under my leadership CIA will not restart such a detention and interrogation program." She was at a CIA prison where prisoners were waterboarded.

Ted Danson spoke to Wild Card host Rachel Martin about what he sees as a turning point in his life — meeting his wife, actor Mary Steenburgen, in the wake of a public divorce.

In the wake of mass shootings on college campuses, students speak to their concerns about guns, and how to create a space in which they are safe.

Eight years after his homicide conviction at the age of 16, Jeremy Armstrong is about to be paroled. Robert Siegel, who has interviewed Armstrong over the years, talks to Armstrong about his hopes -- and fears -- at leaving prison.

A recent study found “tire dust” in the Hillsborough River. But don’t let the cute name fool you; it’s not great for manatees like our mascot Mateo and other wildlife. Plus, a judge says Fishback can remain in Florida’s race for governor. All that, sprinkled with some events to brighten your week.

Ron Popeil, American inventor and beloved infomercial salesman died on Wednesday at 86. From Mr. Microphone to the Veg-O-Matic, Popeil's infomercials introduced us to problems we didn't know we had.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Brett Smiley, mayor of Providence, R.I., about the investigation into the shooting at Brown University.

Togo wanted to distribute millions of dollars to its citizens in dire straits. There was just one daunting problem: How could it identify the neediest of the needy?

James Han Mattson's debut book, inspired by the real-life suicide of an outed young man, treats the Internet as both lifeline and paper trail of a tormented, small-town adolescence.

Concerns are mounting over whether Disney will continue to invest in Central Florida if the relationship between the company and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn't improve.

Homebuyers plunk down lots of money for title insurance. It's a cash cow for lawyers.

In the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, the record temperatures this summer don't have Republicans heated as confidence in institutions takes a hit and President Biden has challenges ahead.

The Vanity Fair critic was an aspiring writer when he arrived in a turbulent Manhattan in 1972. In his memoir, Lucking Out, he writes about the crime and culture (and pornography) he discovered there.

about his work, which evokes the Kentucky landscape of his boyhood. Crunk reads from his latest collection, which is titled, "Living in the Resurrection."