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Some advocates for the blind are pressing the federal government to change the way the government prints paper money. They want new bills that help blind people distinguish between different denominations, so a $20 bill feels different from a $10 or a $5 bill. But not all blind people agree that a redesign is in order.

On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: with fall time here, it seems like a good time to make a bit of chili. So, tune in for a work titled Cello Chili by composer Brent Michael Davids: complete with a recipe for a stew made of green chiles and pieces of cello.Then: We welcome in the month of November with the music of Toru Takemitsu… we’ll hear his double concerto for biwa and shakuhachi titled November Steps.

Federal law enforcement and the firearm industry have launched "Don't Lie for the Other Guy," a new public awareness campaign in Miami warning that buying a gun for someone who can't legally own one is a serious federal crime.

The U.S. is seeing a surge in avian flu. It's in chickens and cows and even sickened a few humans. Here's how other countries have dealt with the virus.

On the new album Pushin' Against a Stone, the Tennessean surveys a spectrum of her home state's signature sounds. She tells NPR's Audie Cornish that she got over old anxieties about her singing voice by embracing it as a storytelling tool.

Bernard Ebbers, the former CEO of Worldcom, is sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in what authorities call the largest accounting fraud in U.S. history. Ebbers, 63, was found guilty on charges of securities and reporting fraud. He is expected to appeal.

Javier Forero and Camilo Medina, lead singers of Divino Niño, talk about migrating to America, bonding over music and the band's debut album Foam.

The state reported 3,597 people are being treated at hospitals in Florida with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19.

Protesters gathered Thursday at the Confederate statue in downtown Tampa. It happened the day after Hillsborough County Commissioners backtracked on…

The model, which gives patients direct access to their doctors and longer appointment times, is proving hard to scale up.

Small businesses in California are criticising Gov. Newsom ahead of the recall election in Sept., saying that his COVID-19 restrictions shut them down. Now he's touting his own business-owner past.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Boise State Public Radio's Sasa Woodruff about her experience with genetic testing and how she chose to live without a stomach as a result.

The number of resignations among Biden administration officials and American military service members over U.S. policy in Gaza is small, but growing.

Duke Divinity School professor Kate Bowler draws a card from the Wild Card deck and talks about trying to be less efficient in her life.

Hezbollah is vowing a response after Israel killed its No. 2 commander in a Beirut neighborhood -- an assassination the group calls a "red line."

A new report finds that close to half of American families did not earn enough to cover the necessities in 2024. And with prices continuing to rise, there’s little sign that’s changed.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with New York Times sports reporter Tariq Panja about the kickoff of the 2018 World Cup that began Thursday in Russia.

Before City on Fire's release, Garth Risk Hallberg's debut novel was best known for the big advance it earned. But that paycheck is dwarfed by the book itself: a vast love letter to mid-'70s New York.

In what's being called the "Barbie boost," people are going out to the movies again. But can brick & mortar theatres sustain that momentum against the pressures of the Hollywood strikes?

The recent Spring Commencement Ceremonies at the University of South Florida were certainly big on numbers, according to this week's University Beat....

The recent Spring Commencement Ceremonies at the University of South Florida were certainly big on numbers, according to this week's University Beat.Over…

With the U.S. now reporting more than 800 measles cases, a new poll from health policy research group KFF finds that many people are being exposed to false claims about measles and the measles vaccine.

Rachel Zegler finds herself at the center of another Disney princess outrage. But the way this particular one came about demonstrates the inner workings of a fine-tuned cycle for whipping up fury.

The philanthropist is spending $1 billion — and leveraging her ever-growing celebrity — to call more attention to the systemic problems facing women and girls. Now she's focusing even more on women's health.

2022 has been a rough year for America's personal finances. That's sparked a throwback movement among some young debtors: all cash, all the time.