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The law, which was passed after the Sandy Hook school shooting, bans dozens of firearms — including AR-15s, AK-47s and the Barrett .50-caliber sniper rifle — and puts a 10-round limit on magazines.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, Democrat from Hawaii, about her book, Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter's Story.

This summer, one can travel in Germany on public transportation for less than $10 a month. It's part of a government package to tackle the soaring cost of living by using more public transportation.

The heat wave of 2021 was the deadliest weather event in Washington state's history. Hundreds died. What has the state learned from that event and are they better prepared for the next one?

The 48-year-old judge, who has been picked to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is seen as having a proven conservative track record. Here are her views on faith, precedent, guns and more.

After Southwest Airlines canceled thousands of flights over the week, travelers are scrambling to reunite with their luggage.

Alcohol-based fuels such as ethanol have been the underdog rivals of the oil industry for more than a century. A look at the history of ethanol and the current frenzy over its potential to kick U.S. oil dependence.

The Duchess of Cambridge, better known to most of the world as the former Kate Middleton, has given birth to a baby boy. He weighed in at 8 pounds 6 ounces and is third in line for the throne.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Lee Saunders — president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees — about how federal workers are handling the latest round of layoffs.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Lee Saunders — president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees — about how federal workers are handling the latest round of layoffs.

Descendants of Jews who escaped Nazi-occupied France recently gathered to honor Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat who issued some 30,000 visas to Jews and others before he was recalled.

About 50 years ago, the native Alaskans were forced to leave their ancestral home on King Island, in the Bering Sea. Now, an Anchorage poet has crowdsourced enough money to bring a group of former King Islanders and their descendants back for a visit.

Embedded in genre : sadboy, a collaborative release by rappers MGK and Trippie Redd, is an accidental lesson in what once made the collision of rap and pop-punk so electrifying.

Author Brad Meltzer has a confession: He loves Stephenie Meyer's girlie vampire series, and he's tired of living in a world where the books are considered "just for women."

On June 18, 1983, she made history aboard the space shuttle. America's first woman in space had joined NASA after responding to a newspaper ad. "I knew that's what I wanted to do," she said.

There is a universality to Édouard Louis' story — the child's longing for acceptance contrasted with the mature son's painful journey to understand why his father behaved as he did.

Consumers kept spending and businesses investing in the first half of the year, leading to healthy growth in the U.S. GDP. But there's still some apprehension about a possible recession. Here's why.

When almost everybody is staying at home, that obviously doesn't bode well for the state's tourism industry. And for all those tourists flying into some…

Take an interplanetary trek through the English composer's symphonic blockbuster with the help of a conductor and an astronomer.

Nobel laureate Toni Morrison says she wanted to "remove race from slavery" in her new novel. Set in 17th century America, A Mercy features black, white and Native American characters in different degrees of servitude.

Too Much Happiness, the newest collection of short stories from the master of the form, features a cast of lovers and losers, husbands and widows, scientists and woodworkers. "Is there anyone writing short fiction today in English who has more authority?" asks reviewer Alan Cheuse.

We may not get flying cars or robot maids any time soon, but physicist Michio Kaku says other inventions just as amazing are in the pipeline: imagine a working invisibility cloak, teleportation, and contact lenses that display the Internet.

Matching long johns. Kick lines in skis. Peeing on Santa's lap. Every family has these cringe-worthy moments, immortalized on film, that embody the particularly joyous brand of awkward that the holidays bring. And thanks to Mike Bender, co-author of Awkward Family Holiday Photos, the rest of us can rubberneck.

She borrows your clothes. She knows your secrets. She drives you crazy. You can't live without her. Linguist Deborah Tannen interviewed 100 women (including her own big sisters) for her new book, You Were Always Mom's Favorite.

Six months after Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to running a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, six books have already been published about the scandal. Four came out just last month. They cover much of the same ground — with some exceptions.