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The nation's oldest continuously operated weather observatory in Milton, Massachusetts, keeps track of a surprising climate indicator: the date the first blueberry ripens.

A proposed local property tax increase could generate almost $180 million that would go mainly towards increasing teacher and staff pay.

A community in Massachusetts is learning American Sign Language to communicate with their 3-year-old deaf neighbor.

With well over 100 acts on eight stages, almost all of them streaming live, Coachella can be overwhelming. Here's a day-by-day guide to the can't-miss music at the season's biggest musical gathering.

The U.S. trucking industry is getting more diverse as it battles a driver shortage. One group is working to recruit LGBTQ+ drivers. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on July 22, 2023.)

Federal officials told 16 states that they've been underfunding their Historically Black Colleges and Universities by some $12 billion. Tennessee State University had the biggest loss.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Dana White, president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, about his plans to build a fighting arena on the White House lawn.

The seven-season show about a Baltimore police homicide unit didn’t feature gun battles and car chases. The tone, pacing and camera work were all groundbreaking when the show started in 1993.

A new movement has emerged in recent years: de-influencing. What started as a backlash to advertising could now have a surprising and real-world impact on the environment.

Author Jeff Kinney is a rock star in the middle school literary scene. His Diary of a Wimpy Kid books follow the misadventures of sad-sack sixth-grader Greg Heffley, who just wants to fit in. Kids love the gross-out humor, but librarians and teachers say the books also help them laugh at the indignities of life.

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.

The remarks by Myanmar special envoy Christine Schraner Burgener during a closed-door session of the U.N. Security Council come as new fighting rages between the army and ethnic insurgents.

President Trump has repeatedly described the U.S.-Canada border as an "artificially drawn line." But experts say just because it was man-made doesn't mean it's not legitimate.

A member of the LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Florida said “the anti-LGBTQ animus behind this bill was made very clear.”

When former cab driver Deodat Jhoda was shot in the spine during a 1993 attempted robbery, he thought his driving days were over.“For four years I was not…

Officials in California offer new figures on rain and snowfall in the state. El Nino has filled reservoirs, but the drought is still ongoing.

A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau finds that the population of the United States is becoming much more diverse, due in part to a significant increase of American-born Hispanics. Farai Chideya talks about the report with Greg Harper, a demographer at the Census Bureau, Roberto Suro, director of the Pew Hispanic Center, and William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution.

Officials say rescuers in Nepal have pulled two workers alive from a tunnel Friday during an ongoing operation. The rescues come nine days after the Aug. 26 floods.

In her new Netflix series Survival of the Thickest, Buteau's character tackles life as a fat and fabulous New York stylist after a messy breakup.

This year's federal aid form is new and improved. But it came three months later than normal, and in its first week, online access has been unpredictable.

Supporters of legalized recreational marijuana in Florida just got a big-name backer: high-profile Orlando attorney John Morgan.Morgan – Florida’s…

The insurance company Florida Blue says its rate increases were published too soon on the Obamacare website. The numbers that were briefly available...

This year, finalists in NPR's student podcast challenge asked big questions about hatred and love, identity and belonging.

Sadaf Knight, CEO of Florida Policy Institute, said it's a thin line between being food insecure or not.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Nicaraguan poet and political activist Gioconda Belli about the increasing tension in Nicaragua, as the country moves towards a presidential election.