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Inflation is hitting Americans hard at home with prices soaring for electricity, groceries, rent, even breakfast. A carton of eggs is 30.5% more expensive than it was last year.

Republicans in Congress have dropped their attempts to repeal the health law for now. But Obamacare supporters say the Trump administration is still undercutting the law in ways that could damage it.

NBA teams like the Warriors and the Rockets have made three-pointers the center of their game, forcing other teams to adapt. NPR's Ailsa Chang discusses this shift in play with sports and culture writer Zach Kram.

The Tampa Bay Rays won't be moving the team across the bay, at least for now. Team leaders announced Tuesday that the plan for a new stadium in the Tampa…

A new book tells the story behind a failed plot by mercenaries to overtake the tiny West African nation of Equatorial Guinea. The plot involved oil, guns and the son of a former British prime minister.

The five remaining Republican presidential candidates meet for a debate Thursday night in Houston, which is the biggest state to vote next week in the Super Tuesday primaries.

Chef Marcus Samuelsson has a ritual whenever he travels to a new place — ask the cabdriver, "Where do you eat?" When he did that on a trip to Barbados, he fell in love with a fish sandwich.

I finally know my worth as a teacher—and now that the “value-added model” scores mandated by our state legislature are public, everyone else knows,…

Most prospective Olympians don't make breakfast for their biggest rival. Then again, most prospective Olympians aren't Steven and Jeffrey Gluckstein, siblings and best friends who are competing to be the lone male trampolinist to represent the U.S. at the London Olympics.

As NPR marks its 50th anniversary, we look back at an innovation that also changed the world in 1971: the unveiling of the first commercially produced microprocessor.

The University of South Florida Muma College of Business is home to a new laboratory that doesn’t consist of beakers and microscopes. Instead, it’s a…

Last spring, student performers had their hopes of stardom dashed as schools abruptly closed at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. A year later, we follow two schools putting on the same musical.

The successful splashdown of the spacecraft with no humans aboard keeps NASA's Artemis mission on track to put the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface by 2025.

It isn't easy to transition from teen idol to Hollywood star — and while heartthrob Rob Lowe may have succeeded, that's not to say his career hasn't seen some historic highs and lows. He chronicles his journey from the Brat Pack to The West Wing in a new memoir, Stories I Only Tell My Friends.

After three weeks of searching, an employee found the coat — along with the cash inside an envelope in a pocket. The employee was given a well-deserved bonus.

On "Florida Matters Live & Local," Large explained why he believes he's suited for the role, and storm preparedness, along with other topics.

As the weather improves around many parts of the U.S, grab some green space and sit down to let these books transport you to 1950s London, 1920s Manhattan, 21st-century Finland, and more.

Thriller writer James Rollins says Jack Finney's McCarthy-era pulp classic — unlike the movies based on it — makes clear that one determined fighter can matter, even when the odds are overwhelming.

Danzy Senna was born in 1970, just a few years after Loving v. Virginia legalized interracial marriage. “Just merely existing as a family was a radical statement at that time,” she says.

Though former MI5 director Stella Rimington knows better than anyone that Ian Fleming's From Russia With Love is not a realistic portrayal of life in the intelligence services, she still loves this tale of sex and violence. Which is your favorite Bond book? Tell us in the comments.

President Biden isn't on the ballot after the Democratic Party changed its rules to sidestep New Hampshire. But volunteers are trying to give him a win anyway.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Huda Akram, who is based in Benghazi, about the devastating storm that collapsed two dams and killed at least 5,000 people in Libya.

Throughout her career, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg granted numerous interviews to NPR, discussing retirement, love, health and regret.

The nation looks to the Food and Drug Administration this week as it considers authorizing emergency use of the vaccine developed by Pfizer.

Housing activists are enlisting renters who can and can't pay rent starting May 1 to sign a pledge with the goal of putting pressure on landlords and policymakers.