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Ian Millhiser covers the Supreme Court for Vox. He says the Court's decision to uphold the law was a generational victory for abortion opponents: "They've spent many decades working for this moment."

School districts across Florida are grappling with how to implement a new law adopted after the mass school shooting in Parkland.In the next academic…

The cost of energy bills in Florida is rising driven by increased consumption, particularly for air conditioning, which can account for up to 40% of the bill. This is particularly difficult for Central Floridians living on a fixed income.

Drug shortages may be the new normal in U.S. medical care, experts say. Most drug shortages occur because something goes wrong in the manufacturing process that halts production.

Drug shortages may be the new normal in U.S. medical care, experts say. Most drug shortages occur because something goes wrong in the manufacturing process that halts production.

Legislation seeks to limit the amount low-and middle-income people pay for health insurance. But a shift in the way their share of the premium is calculated in the second year of the program may make it more expensive.

In 1857, John Brown liberates 12-year-old Henry from his master. There's only one problem: Brown is so wrapped up in his freedom mission, he thinks Henry is a girl. James McBride delivers a portrait of Brown and his friend Frederick Douglass as Henry sees them.

Dr. James Watson is auctioning off the Nobel Prize medal he won for the discovery of the structure of DNA. Christie's auction house set the reserve price at $2.5 million.

Monoclonal antibodies to prevent severe COVID-19 aren't being used as widely as expected. Medical staff shortages and patient transportation problems are two of the reasons.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with actress and writer Anna Deavere Smith about her essay, The Last of the Nice Negro Girls, which is part of The Atlantic's Inheritance project.

Americans generate more trash than anyone else on the planet: more than 7 pounds per person each day. Journalist Edward Humes explores how that happened in his new book Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash.

Thousands of Floridians living with AIDS could be losing financial assistance they say is essential to living a normal life, and some AIDS groups are…

Cheryl Stumph and her family haven't had health insurance for years. Now that they do, they plan to take make up for lost time. Pent-up demand for care is overwhelming an Oregon health plan.

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is in Moscow to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine. Former Special Representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker weighs in on how the negotiations might go.

Mortgage rates have fluctuated a lot in the last year and interest rates are still climbing. No one knows for sure when the housing market will improve, and not everyone is waiting until it does.

Teachers in Chicago continued their strike for the fourth school day on Tuesday. The work stoppage is starting to take a toll.

President Bush is in New Orleans for the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. He and wife Laura Bush are expected to mark the day at a New Orleans charter school and at a community center in Mississippi. Officials continue to bicker over who's to blame in the aftermath of the storm.

In The Teacher Wars, Dana Goldstein chronicles the history of the profession and current topics like tenure. She says the idea that teachers can help fight poverty has existed since the 19th century.

Gene therapies have the potential to cure some diseases, but they are extraordinarily expensive. Location can also be a big hurdle for patients seeking this specialized care.

After a global dance hit, the country star returns from lockdown with an intimate new album — and a new son, who helped inspire it.

The new CD by a young singer-songwriter pays homage to the soul sounds that dominated the airwaves in the 1960s and early '70s. This Is Ryan Shaw includes a mix of Shaw's own music and his interpretations of classic soul.

People choose fast-food restaurants for a quick and easy meal. Now one national chain is betting that its customers will buy a meal-kit and make branded dinners at home.

The artist died in a house fire in Woodbury, Minn. on Thursday.

Despite a free trade agreement with Mexico, U.S. potato growers had been mostly blocked from selling their potatoes in Mexico for more than 24 years. Planet Money traveled to Idaho to understand why.

J.K. Rowling has just published her third mystery under the pseudonym. This time, detective Cormoran Strike and his beautiful assistant are battling a serial killer — and their own dark pasts.