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The Grand Canyon's rafting season is ending, after giving thousands of visitors one-of-a-kind memories. The guides that take them downriver are like larger-than-life superheroes. And that can be hard to walk away from.

The brunt of the storm largely missed New Orleans this time around. As Hurricane Gustav was losing steam, people who stayed behind as others evacuated surveyed the damage.

O'Connor, who had one of the biggest hits of the early 1990s with her version of "Nothing Compares 2 U," became as well known for her political convictions and the tumult in her life as for her songs.

As employers including the federal government cut back on remote work, employees who never had any intention of working from an office push back and threaten to retire or resign.

The nonprofit group One Acre Fund wants smallholder farms to grow more, earn more and feed more people. The organization just won a $2.5 million award from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

With Herb Alpert, Moss presided over one of the industry's most successful independent labels with hits by the Carpenters, the Police, Janet Jackson, Carole King, Janet Jackson and hundreds of others.

Republican Rep. Mark Meadows enjoys strong support in his western North Carolina district as he leads conservative opposition to the GOP's health overhaul plan.

Sesame is now the 9th official allergen. The FDA designation was supposed to protect people with sesame allergies. Instead, it's become harder to avoid, as more bakers add sesame to their products.

For the first time, Medicare penalties against hospitals with too many avoidable patient safety complications include fines tied to the prevalence of two types of bacteria resistant to drugs.

The brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska have been bulking up for hibernation. If Congress doesn't approve a funding deal, Fat Bear Week will be put on hold.

Six young activists are due Wednesday at the European Court of Human Rights, where they're accusing 32 governments of violating their human rights for failing to adequately address climate change.

Did you know that Big Brother has resulted in more lasting marriages than The Bachelor? The course of true love never did run smooth ... and all the more so for famous people.

At least one House Republican, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, is publicly threatening to offer a resolution to try to remove the speaker. Here's how that procedural motion would work.

President Biden has said he wants "unprecedented" aid for Israel and enough funding for Ukraine to continue its fight against Russia. But he faces hurdles in the Republican-controlled House.

The albums, videos and musical moments that stop the All Songs host in his tracks. This week: Album and song of the week, a phenomenal live show, and more goats standing on things.

Heat pumps are an important tool to stave off global warming. Two Berkeley musicians wrote a sultry anthem about them.

Ukraine’s military says it now controls almost 400 square miles of Russia. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Sergey Radchenko of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Tim Walz is a second-term Minnesota gove with a folksy demeanor who helped green light a slate of progressive policy priorities in Minnesota.

More than 60 people were reported dead across the southeastern U.S. and millions were without power. Widespread flooding and landslides and cellular outages in western North Carolina impeded rescues.

Texas hospitals who are enrolled in state health plans, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program will start asking patients' immigration status in November. Florida has had a similar law since 2023. Neither state will report immigration status answers to law enforcement.

Winds of 160 mph were measured, and a storm surge up to 12 feet is possible in the area of landfall, somewhere along the state's west coast. Officials urge residents to prepare and heed evacuation orders.

President Trump and Democratic leaders are faulting each other as the partial federal shutdown looks set to head into 2019. Noel King talks to GOP Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana about the impasse.

Subfreezing conditions and treacherous roads have contributed to dozens of deaths this month across the U.S., where states as far south as Texas and Florida remain gripped by deadly arctic weather.

The city council must vote on its half of the financing, which would be done by moving $600 million from a capital improvement plan and an existing, half-penny sales tax. No new taxes would be implemented.

Beryl is expected to make landfall in the Windward Islands on Monday morning. The National Hurricane Center in Miami warns that the storm is “forecast to bring life-threatening winds and storm surge."