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Whitesburg, Kentucky, was an area once known for coal mining but most of those jobs have dried up. Limited opportunities force many residents to leave, but some are able to find their way back.

For a week this past summer, the football field at Booker T. Washington High School was home to a marching band larger than any the school itself had seen…

The nationwide surge in homelessness means small towns are starting to see people camping on the streets. The murder of a homeless man in Montana highlights their challenges.

Pickleball Slam incorporates the game's strategies and terminology with an action-packed game including characters ranging from a ballerina, a superhero, a few chefs and a knight in shining armor.

Dreaming is often misunderstood. But in a new book, a neuroscientist argues that it’s one of the most vital functions of the human brain, and just about anyone can tap into dreams’ insights.

A new report from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention says at least 9,200 of the nation's health care workers have been infected with COVID-19.…

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to reporter Nick Papantonis of WFTV about the effect that revoking Disney's special tax district will have on local taxpayers.

Melle Mel was the rapper on the 1982 hit "The Message." He spoke to Fresh Air in 1998 about the early days of rap, music with a social message and how the genre and his life had changed.

Tennessee's "fetal assault" law is designed to push pregnant women into drug treatment programs. But there are not enough of those programs available for the people who need them.

On February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, OH, unleashing fiery plumes of toxic chemicals. A year later, the community continues to recover, but tensions remain.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Aaron Gordon, a senior reporter for Vice's Motherboard, about his reporting about the freight train industry and safety concerns raised by railroad workers.

All 50 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico have received the go-ahead to start spending federal dollars on new chargers. The long-term plan is to spend $5 billion improving charging infrastructure.

Luis Echeverria served as president in the early 1970s during hard economic times. He is most remembered for his repression of the country's democracy movement and initiating Mexico's "Dirty War."

As he retires and heads into the private sector, Shawn Henry looks back at the growth in the cybercrime problem.

A look at the viewing experience of this year's Olympic games, including its production and ratings as it streamed on both live TV and NBC's Peacock service.

Family man. Business man. Policy leader.Those are the words Sen. Wilton Simpson’s website uses to describe the lawmaker, who on Tuesday will be tapped by…

NPR's Juana Summers talks with MIT Technology Review climate and energy reporter Casey Crownhart about her latest reporting on innovations in air conditioning technology.

President Biden has held on to one of the signature economic policies of his predecessor: tariffs on imports from China. We look at why he's kept them, and what it means for businesses.

Critics says the nostalgia-fueled sequel isn’t a slam dunk.

Stuart Delery, acting associate attorney general, is resigning to explore options in the private sector. He leaves as the highest-ranking openly gay leader in the department's history.

When the Supreme Court hears arguments over President Obama's health care law next week, one item on the table will be a program that has been in place for nearly 50 years: Medicaid. The program is already a sore issue in Florida, which is one of the states fighting the health care law.

'Wait Til I Get Over,' an homage to Jones' hometown of Hillaryville, Louisiana, paints a deeply nuanced portrait of Jones and of the Southern customs that raised him.

Families of those who died on 9/11 explain how they're remembering their loved ones this year since they can't travel to New York.

With a new conservative Supreme Court justice likely to be seated, only 17 percent of poll respondents say they want the landmark abortion ruling overturned, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.

The pandemic was hard on working women, but they've come roaring back into the labor force. The share of working-age women who have jobs or want one hit an all-time high in May.