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Despite heavy police and military presence and an extended curfew in many places, protests for George Floyd have persisted nationwide – and the majority of them have been peaceful.

In Indian-controlled Kashmir, residents are voting in elections that some hope will lead to restoration of the territory's statehood, which ended when it became a federally governed territory in 2019.

A proposed ban on social media accounts would target children under 16, and many of them say they aren’t willing to lose access.

Scrutiny by Sen. Charles Grassley and an investigation by NPR and ProPublica led a Missouri hospital to give $17 million in debt relief. Will other nonprofit hospitals follow suit?

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Aspen Security Forum on a wide range of the most pressing diplomatic questions.

It's a wrap on the U.S. Track and Field Trials, where it was make or break to get to the Paris Games. Meet some of the sprinters, distance runners and shot-putters who will compete in France.

Crews in Spain searched for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings as people tried to salvage what they could from homes following monstrous flash floods.

In Washington, D.C., hospital staff vaccinated 1,750 public school workers in one day. It was a hard-won success amid a fragmented nationwide vaccination campaign fraught with challenges.

The epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak was in the city of Wuhan, in central China. Five years on, NPR returns to get a sense of what's changed — and what hasn't.

The alleged human rights violations range from unauthorized home raids to racial profiling to deporting breastfeeding mothers and unaccompanied minors.

The "mob wife" look calls for flashy gold jewelry, big sunglasses — and fur coats. Some people are turning to vintage furs as a sustainable option, but critics say it isn't an ethical workaround.

The latest by jazz legend Branford Marsalis, "Belonging," is a full-album interpretation of the 1974 Keith Jarrett record of the same name.

Junior doctors in Britain's National Health Service are striking, the latest in a wave of health worker protests — fueling debate about the future of Britain's system of free universal health care.

Former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen won re-election in a landslide in 2006. But Tennessee has shifted right since then. He's trying to convince voters to consider a candidate over party this year.

NPR's Adrian Ma remembers his girlfriend, Kiah Duggins, who died in the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River in January after a mid-air collision.

NPR and several public radio stations are suing the Trump White House over an executive order that purportedly bars the use of Congressionally appropriated funds for NPR and PBS.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with author and former Director of the FBI, James Comey, about his latest crime novel, "FDR Drive." Comey also speaks about a recent probe into one of his Instagram posts.

Steel as well as oil and gas are traditional industries in Western Pennsylvania. NPR's Steve Inskeep spoke with people in those industries to see how their work shapes their votes.

Preparations were also underway Sunday for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.

Our friends at Alt.Latino feature a listener's recollection of how Linda Ronstadt's song "La Calandria" moved her grandfather to tears.

Michel Martin speaks to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, who writes that the U.S. war on Iran, despite any tactical success, leaves the regime in place for the foreseeable future.

The ICE detention center in Folkston, Ga., is expanding to become one of the nation's largest immigrant detention centers. Operated by a private prison corporation GEO Group, it will hold more than 3,000 detainees.

Sarasota Bradenton International Airport is one of a handful across that country that are using private companies at checkpoints. On "Florida Matters Live & Local," the airport's president and CEO explains why.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Bloomberg reporter Katrina Manson about her new book, Project Maven, and the secret campaign within the Pentagon to bring AI into combat.

For the first time in British history, none of the four most senior Cabinet posts — prime minister, chancellor of the exchequer, foreign secretary and home secretary — are taken up by a white male.