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The Houston-bred artist's new album uses country as a trapdoor into a sweeping genre expression. By adopting the role of the outlaw, she's free to toss all rules into the trash heap.

Three garbage bins have been transformed into swimming pools on an industrial lot in Brooklyn. The idea of swimming in a trash container grosses you out? Think again. They're clean. They're lined with sheets of plastic, and the water is chlorinated and filtered.

A 1928 movie featuring the first appearance of Mickey Mouse enters public domain on Jan. 1. But creative and commercial access to the character is complicated by both copyright and trademark law.

NPR's Life Kit team offers tips for how to read deeply in an age when we are constantly distracted.

Elaine Welteroth became the first black beauty director at a Condé Nast magazine. Then she oversaw its political transformation. More Than Enough is her new book.

Ukraine needs more soldiers as its troops defend Ukrainian territory and carry out an offensive inside Russia. An elite Ukrainian military unit offers civilians a one-week tryout as soldiers.

Moroney's album arrives as a new kind of music from Big Pink: The Georgia-born singer/songwriter spins out tales of romantic revenge with a smooth fluency that's a stark contrasts to her raspy drawl.

The World Figure Skating Championships started Wednesday in Boston. Twenty-year-old U.S. skater Gracie Gold is considered a strong shot for a medal. The U.S. women haven't medaled at the Worlds in a decade.

The president said Nippon Steel would invest in U.S. Steel rather than take over the storied American manufacturer. He also said DOGE would look for savings at the Pentagon and Education Department.

This week we’re exploring a subject that’s important for us all to understand: food sovereignty. If you’re fuzzy on what that term means, don’t worry. Here to help us break it down is Prof. William Schanbacher. He teaches religious studies at the University of South Florida, and he directs the USF Food Sovereignty Initiative.

The state Agency for Health Care Administration has backtracked on its decision to cut Medicaid reimbursement rates for therapists who mostly work with…

Civil rights groups, including the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, are demanding a statewide voter verification system, calling out officials’ “outrageous negligence” on the matter.

Sailors and family members who were evacuated from U.S. bases in the Middle East months ago are waiting for the military to figure out what will happen to the lives they left behind.

The National Park Service is seeking the public's help in identifying the two men, caught on video pushing rocks off a cliff near the Redstone Dunes Trail earlier this month.

We discuss the details of what was in the testimony transcripts released this past week in the impeachment inquiry.

Greg McKeown doesn't believe in "doing it all." In his new book he argues that we should pursue only those things that are truly important — and eliminate everything else.

Legendary journalist Daniel Schorr, NPR senior news analyst, is celebrating his 90th birthday. He recalls some of his earliest exploits in journalism: from his first scoop as a 12-year-old to how he became a news reporter instead of a music critic.

The TEACH grant helps future teachers pay for college or a master's. Many say that when they started teaching, they were forced to pay it back. A study obtained by NPR suggests thousands are affected.

NPR's Noel King speaks with German politician Norbert Röttgen, chairman of the German parliament's foreign affairs committee, about Europe's response to Turkey's military action in northeast Syria.

After six seasons on television, and now a third big-screen outing, the Crawley family saga has another installment with Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.

Founder Gwendolyn Reese has long desired to share the city’s African American history online. The coronavirus pandemic helped put the project in motion.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican political strategist Rina Shah about Vice President Harris' efforts to attract GOP voters.

You’re probably familiar with the sounds of downtown Sarasota -- traffic, birds chirping by Sarasota Bay. Now there’s a new sound in the mix:…

Afghan refugees are being flown for processing in Bahrain, Germany and Qatar. Moderate Democrats threaten to withhold their vote on the budget. Biden gets an update on how COVID-19 may have began.

Thirty years ago no one uttered the words "breast cancer" in public. Now there's no shortage of information, but the glut can make it hard for women to make choices about care.