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Florida health officials are urging doctors to reconsider prescribing psychotropic meds for kids. Could this affect how kids are treated for mental health issues?

See what albums NPR listeners picked in our year-end poll for the best music of 2013.

WKXW-FM hosts Dennis Malloy and Judi Franco were suspended after the remarks referring to Gurbir S. Grewal, who became the state's top attorney in January.

Developed countries promised poorer nations $100 billion a year in money to help countries deal with global warming — and get off fossil fuels. But that money isn't nearly enough.

China's economy still hasn't fully recovered since Beijing lifted COVID-19 restrictions a year ago. But not everyone is hurting; an effort to spur high-tech industry is yielding some winners.

Thanks to early and absentee voting, the 2006 midterm elections are already well under way. Thirty-five states have no restriction on either absentee or early voting and 15 allow absentee or early voting with state-specific requirements.

The Russian protest group skewers Russia's prosecutor-general, Yuri Chaika, who's accused of corruption. The video stars one of two Pussy Riot members jailed in 2012 for "hooliganism."

How some insurers pay for treatments means that cancer pills can wind up costing a patient more than an IV. Some states have passed laws to make sure that patients don't have to pay more to take pills. But those laws don't apply to Medicare.

Counties in Florida have started calling evacuation orders and opening shelters as Nicole approaches.

On The Past Is Still Alive, Alynda Segarra's latest album as Hurray for the Riff Raff, the shapeshifting folk artist dives into deeply personal stories from their own vagabond youth.

Fresh Air critic John Powers says the five-part BBC America show pulls off something ambitious: It keeps viewers enthralled with its intensity, while catching them in "a lingering emotional undertow."

Families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre hope the $73 million settlement will put companies that insure gun-makers on notice that they could be on the hook for huge future payouts.

Co-Host Renee Montagne talks to Bill Turque, Washington correspondent for Newsweek Magazine and author of Inventing Al Gore, about the vice president upcoming speech before the Democratic National Convention. (4:46) Inventing Al Gore (Biography Series) by Bill Turque is published by Thorndike Pr (Largeprint); ISBN: 07862

Today on the show, how a New Hampshire hotel filled with boozing economists saved the global economy.

Baseball is sometimes called the "timeless game." Unlike other sports, there's no game clock. Theoretically, the game could go on forever. Four decades ago, one game came close.

Uncertainty and unrest during the last year have lead millions of Americans to buy guns for the first time. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to one of them, Ermiya Fanaeian of Salt Lake City.

What would a national popular vote mean? Instead of watching days of livestreams of swing state poll workers, the result would have been settled on Tuesday night.

The cruise will take passengers on a trip lasting 132 nights. Prices range up to $199,999. The strong interest may be a positive sign for the cruise industry as it tries to rebound from the pandemic.

Every year, the Tiny Desk Contest attracts thousands of unsigned musicians. Lauren Eylise impressed the judges with "Peaks and Valleys," her song about toughing it out through hard times.

Forecasters say the Category 5 hurricane could see "remarkable rates of intensification." That '70s Show actor Masterson faces 30 years to life for rape. Without tourism, unemployment surges in Maui.

The 35-year-old author won $15,000 along with the prestigious award for fiction. As she tells NPR, the prize also carries a special significance for her personally.

Preliminary numbers show 21.3 million American signed up for Obamacare this year — a huge increase since Biden took office. 15 million people, however, have also been kicked off of Medicaid.

Talking to a device that talks back can be entertaining and educational for children. But psychologists say children can develop relationships with these devices that can be different than adults.

Naftali Bennett is poised to end Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year run as Israel's prime minister. The hardline conservative and former settler leader once vowed that Palestinians would never have a state.

Several government agencies have banded together with groups as diverse as the Nature Conservancy and Walmart to help protect one of the state's…