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"Curbside pickup" is quickly gaining traction in online grocery shopping, and it may be preferable to delivery.

NPR talks to pop superstar Ed Sheeran about his new album, "Play."

Our Planet Money team looks back on the early days of the Internet when buying with one click seemed novel enough to warrant a patent, and how this gave Amazon an advantage.

Most deaths were in Lee County, where local officials delayed hurricane evacuations until the day before the storm hit. Leaders in other nearby counties ordered evacuations a day earlier.

Iranian authorities first imprisoned Emad Shargi, a U.S. citizen, in 2018. Shargi, a businessman, was released from prison, then rearrested in 2020. His family hopes that speaking out may help him.

The federal student loan system is a mess right now, as the courts consider what's legal and what's not. Meanwhile, the office that oversees the student loan program has had its staff cut by half.

Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney-turned-whistleblower Ryan Schwank is worried that a proposal to give ICE more funding may set up a situation where Congress will not be able to do oversight for years.

Senate Democrats will likely weigh whether to include the clean electricity standard in a budget reconciliation bill.

Hear some of our favorite stories about the festival of lights, plus a special Tiny Desk performance by The LeeVees.

A legal tug of war is playing out in Texas, while Florida districts that enforce mask mandates could risk a state investigation and lost funding. Here's where the school masking battles stand.

A new law won't help a nursery whose score was a fraction of a percent less than the winner of a highly sought-after medical marijuana license in...

Farai Chideya pays tribute to Four Tops frontman Levi Stubbs, who died Friday at his Detroit home. He was 72 years old.

Immigration enforcement is creating a chill across local businesses. Vendors of Mr. G Flea Market say the once-bustling cultural hub has seen better days.

The U.S. and Russia have talked for years about "hybrid war" — waging a conflict on multiple fronts beyond the battlefield. In unprecedented ways, the U.S. is now employing this against Russia.

The public will have four days to pay their respects to the queen at Westminster Hall. President Biden and other world leaders are expected to attend her funeral.

After the only abortion clinic in Montgomery, Ala., shut down, a next-door organization has been threading a legal needle to give reproductive health care to those coming from hundreds of miles away.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is in California trying to drum up support for a ballot measure asking for a tax on billionaires.

In 2011, Manal al-Sharif filming herself driving in a country where women are banned from getting behind the wheel. Driving, she says, is "a way to emancipate women. It gives them so much liberty."

The criminal indictment of Donald Trump is a first for a U.S. president and a first for Trump — but his family's business dealings have raised questions with authorities in New York for decades.

For decades, students at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier have been paying to bomb onstage. The goal isn't laughs — it's learning how to take the humiliation and keep going.

Long-term care options are expensive and often out of reach for elders and people with disabilities. Part of the president's proposed infrastructure plan would help fund home-based health services.

If a young person says they want to end their life, how do you help? First, don't panic. Suicide is preventable. Here's advice for helping young people in crisis, from people who've lived through it.

Fifteen thousand nurses are striking in New York City for a second day, seeking better pay and protection from workplace violence, among other concessions.

The Senate parliamentarian said including a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants was beyond the scope of the process Democrats are using to pass key legislation without GOP votes.

NPR Music's year-end interview series continues with an engineer who's led a quiet movement to create music tools anyone can use.