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The South African Nobel laureate was an associate of Nelson Mandela's, and while she was never imprisoned, several of her books were banned by the government. She died Sunday at the age of 90.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Will Hobson of The Washington Post, who reports that Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Football Team, tried to disrupt the NFL's internal probe into the team.

Minh Duong Dinh was born to Vietnamese parents in the Netherlands, before the family moved to Cape Coral six years ago. His father works for a furniture…

There's a national shortage of 911 operators. In Washington state, the situation is so dire that it closed a rural dispatch center. In addition to recruiting, technology might be a longer-term fix.

When David's son hears Sam Cooke sing, he thinks of his dad's enduring love, enthusiastic embrace ... and his fish fries.

Donald Trump is indicted on felony charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Fitch Ratings downgrades the U.S. credit rating. This is your brain on heat.

In 2010, Stephen DiMare was a recent graduate of the University of Florida. It was the tail end of the Great Recession, and the job market looked bleak.…

Shamir Bailey's stripped-down, self-produced songs are brimming with self-assurance and confidence, even in the midst of anxiety and heartache.

A deluge of rain and consistently overcast skies earlier this month helped keep scorching temperatures at bay — at least for now.

A high-profile effort to repeal the state’s ban on smokable medical marijuana morphed Monday into legislation that, according to the proposal’s author,...

The U.S. census counts incarcerated people as residents of where they are imprisoned. In many prison towns, that has led to voting districts made up primarily of prisoners who can't vote.

Despite his own claims to the contrary, President Trump signed fewer laws than any of his recent predecessors. But numbers aren't everything. Significance matters more.

The plan would adjust delivery times while keeping a commitment to a maximum five-day delivery for the Ground Advantage program nationwide and a maximum three-day delivery for local first-class mail.

Sanctions backfire. So why do we keep using them?

Russians welcome prisoner swap amid worries over war in Ukraine. Tech companies cut tens of thousands of jobs. Eight teams keep their World Cup hopes alive.

The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that the government can use Christian prayers to start town meetings, so long as legislators don't discriminate against non-Christians. It's a new chapter in the long-running fight over prayer in public places and on public occasions. NPR's Carrie Johnson explains what happened in the town of Greece, New York.

More than two dozen Democratic state leaders are suing the Department of Agriculture after the Trump administration said it would not use contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has a comfortable lead over his GOP challenger in the Nov. 2 election. If Murphy wins, he'll be the state's first incumbent Democrat to get a second term since 1977.

Iowa's caucuses are the first nominating contest in presidential politics. The red state is fighting to keep its place as the Democratic National Committee prioritizes diverse and competitive states.

One of the few clinics offering gender-affirming care for transgender patients in Tennessee has been forced to give medical information on all of their trans patients to the state's attorney general.

NPR remembers William "Bill" Post today. He was the co-creator of the Kellogg's Pop-Tarts, and died on Saturday, February 10th at 96 years old.

The Columbia restaurant has been a family business since the early 1900s. Its Sarasota location has been closed since late September due to flooding.

As of July, one of every 2,420 homes in Florida ended in foreclosure – the highest rate in the last two years.

Jorge Pérez built Related Group into one of the leading condominium and apartment developers in the region, reshaping the South Florida skyline. Now his two oldest sons have taken over the day-to-day running of the company after the Surfside collapse.

On this episode of Florida Matters, we explore what the bill means for these workers. We also speak with a journalist about her investigation into the working conditions for hurricane cleanup workers.