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Jul 17, 2019
I understand the moral outrage behind wanting to call the president's tweets racist. But I disagree.
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Jul 16, 2019
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has died at the age of 99. Appointed by President Gerald Ford, he was known for his "crafty and genial hand" and as a "judge's judge."
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Jul 16, 2019
As addiction has soared, drugmakers, distributors and pharmacies profited off opioids. Newly released data details who made the pills, where they were sold, and which communities were hit hardest.
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Jul 16, 2019
Challengers of the Trump administration's push for a census citizenship question are asking a federal judge in New York to impose penalties for allegedly false or misleading statements by officials.
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Jul 16, 2019
House debate on a resolution condemning the president's tweets was suspended as House Republicans argued Speaker Nancy Pelosi broke House rules by calling the tweets racist.
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Jul 16, 2019
Four Republicans and one independent joined Democrats in passing a resolution on Trump's attacks on four congresswomen. The vote followed bitter debate that temporarily paralyzed the chamber.
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Jul 16, 2019
Sadie Roberts-Joseph, 75, was a community fixture in Baton Rouge, La. Police say the suspect was one of Roberts-Joseph's tenants who was behind on his rent.
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Jul 16, 2019
The first civil trial against an opioid manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson, has ended in Oklahoma. The verdict could affect lawsuits filed by other local and state governments coping with addiction.
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Jul 16, 2019
"I am leaving because the new Board Chairs and I have philosophical differences over the direction and future of Planned Parenthood," Wen said in a statement.
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Jul 16, 2019
A new study from the Florida Keys shows that a lot of the stress on corals comes from local sources, providing hope that community action can help save them.
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Jul 16, 2019
"It was the size of my body, and it was the best thing I've ever done," says biologist and wildlife host Lizzie Daly.
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Jul 16, 2019
A Senate panel is looking to see if the company is keeping conservative media and bloggers out of top search results. Google has previously denied political bias.
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Jul 16, 2019
Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered the political consultant not to post, like, retweet or forward following what she ruled was a breach of a gag order from earlier in his case.
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Jul 16, 2019
The embattled R&B star, who was also charged with obstruction of justice, is being held without bond in Chicago.
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Jul 16, 2019
The pioneering South African singer, songwriter and activist died Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Jul 16, 2019
Dr. Yonah Elian played a key part in spiriting Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann out of Argentina to stand trial in Israel. His family couldn't understand why he never spoke about the heroic role he served.
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Jul 16, 2019
The White House has been quietly working to draft a bill that aims to unite Republicans on the issue. It doesn't deal with the millions currently in the country.
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Jul 16, 2019
Colson Whitehead's deeply affecting new novel is based on the true story of a segregated reform school in Florida where African American boys were brutalized and possibly murdered.
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Jul 16, 2019
It took some 36 hours of looking in Humboldt Park's lagoon, but a Florida alligator specialist finally brought in an animal that had become something of a celebrity in Chicago.
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Jul 16, 2019
Pyongyang accused the U.S. of "unilaterally reneging on its commitments" and said North Korea is "gradually losing our justification to follow through" on its own promises.
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Jul 16, 2019
Sepsis, the body's overreaction to infection, strikes more than a million Americans a year and kills more than 250,000. Evidence suggests that regulations can improve its diagnosis and patient care.
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Jul 16, 2019
Officer Daniel Pantaleo could still face disciplinary action by the New York Police Department. In 2014, Garner's dying words, "I can't breathe" became a rallying cry in national protests.
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Jul 16, 2019
Lawmakers in the Senate and House are questioning lobbyists and officials from Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple on an array of issues, including whether they're so big they stifle competition.
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Jul 16, 2019
Lawmakers in the Senate and House will question lobbyists and officials from Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple on an array of issues, including whether they're so big they stifle competition.
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Jul 16, 2019
The House will vote Tuesday evening on a resolution "condemning President Trumps racist comments directed at Members of Congress"
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Jul 16, 2019
When you have a voice like Brittany Howard, just about anybody looks good singing along. But when that person is Terry Crews, it's all the more sweeter.
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Jul 16, 2019
By repeating that these immigrants are "not you" the president defined them as "the other" in stark terms. The battle lines could not be clearer, and the battle is nearly as old as America itself.
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Jul 16, 2019
The shipping industry is starting to move away from pollutant-intensive heavy fuel oil. Scientists and private companies are betting on a clean replacement technology: hydrogen fuel cells.
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Jul 16, 2019
The album, Ode to Joy, is a defiantly hopeful collection of songs for dark days.
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Jul 16, 2019
The town of Harlech in Wales has ousted Dunedin, New Zealand, for the title of world's steepest street. Residents are elated about the title, which required a lengthy verification process.
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Jul 16, 2019
The show is centered around the suicide of a teenage girl, and the first season's finale shows her taking her own life. Several organizations raised concerns that it could romanticize suicide.
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Jul 16, 2019
You know "the Force" that binds all things — the one that can let your mind move objects? The latest Future You video demos an armband that allows users to control objects with thoughts.
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Jul 16, 2019
Intersection art makes streets more inviting and can remind motorists to respect crosswalks and bike lanes. But the federal government says the designs can also be distracting.
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Jul 16, 2019
Officials in Texas have decided to spend no state money on outreach efforts for the 2020 Census. What does that mean for a state with a booming population?
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Jul 16, 2019
Despite the fact that the state has experienced massive population growth in the past decade, officials in Texas have decided not to allocate money or make statewide plans for the upcoming census,
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Jul 16, 2019
Despite the fact that the state has experienced massive population growth in the past decade, officials in Texas have decided not to allocate money or make statewide plans for the upcoming census.
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Jul 16, 2019
"I think that as negative as he is, and as much as a trouble-maker as he is," says Chris Kennedy, "[Trump] is contributing to a very positive forward momentum."
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Jul 16, 2019
The federal government wants to deploy several new tools for catching insurers that have overcharged Medicare $30 billion in last three years alone. But the insurance industry is balking.
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Jul 16, 2019
The federal government wants to deploy several new tools for catching insurers that have overcharged Medicare $30 billion in the past three years alone. But the insurance industry is balking.
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Jul 16, 2019
The Majestic Yosemite Hotel is back to its original name, The Ahwahnee. And a set of cabins that was temporarily called Half Dome Village now carries its historic name, Camp Curry.
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Jul 15, 2019
President Trump has been expected to nominate Tomas Philipson as permanent chair of his Council of Economic Advisers. Philipson, an expert on health economics, succeeds Kevin Hassett.
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Jul 15, 2019
Monday marked three days of demonstrations against Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, after the publication of private conversations containing repugnant slurs against women and homosexuals, among other insults.
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Jul 15, 2019
When the president told several young congresswomen of color to "go back" to where they came from, he borrowed nativist language about as old as the country itself. Here's a little history.
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Jul 15, 2019
Native Hawaiians chained themselves to a grate in a road to stop work on the controversial Mauna Kea project on what they say is sacred land. Development is scheduled to begin this week.
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Jul 15, 2019
The top-secret base is not accessible to the public, though it has become a tourist destination. The event began as an Internet joke but some people apparently are really planning to attend.
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Jul 15, 2019
The Federal Aviation Administration found a new problem in Boeing's max plane last month, so it will like be several more months before the troubled plane is certified to fly passengers again.
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Jul 15, 2019
The Federal Aviation Administration found a new problem in Boeing's max plane last month, so it will like be several more months before the troubled plane is certified to fly passengers again.
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Jul 15, 2019
As the world looks back at the Apollo mission, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine looks ahead to the "moon shot" of the modern era: landing a human on Mars.
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Jul 15, 2019
Snowshoe baseball commentator Jimmy Soyck says you can't actually run in snowshoes. It's all in the shuffle.
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Jul 15, 2019
For decades, Turing's status as a giant in mathematics was largely unknown, thanks to the secrecy around his computer research and the social taboos about his sexuality.
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Jul 15, 2019
For decades, Turing's status as a giant in mathematics was largely unknown, thanks to the secrecy around his computer research and the social taboos about his sexuality.
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Jul 15, 2019
The Virginia court's sentence is largely symbolic. Last month, a federal judge sentenced Fields to life in prison for killing a woman protesting a white nationalist rally in 2017.
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Jul 15, 2019
Maersk, the world's largest container shipping company, has set a massive goal for itself: going carbon neutral by 2050. This would be good for the world. But how would it be good for the bottom line?
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Jul 15, 2019
New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum won't appear on panels pitting TV against movies or books. "Everything is valuable in its own way and they don't need to be in tension with one another," she says.
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Jul 15, 2019
With drug use surging in the last decade and a half, many parents are losing custody of their kids. But is foster care the best solution?
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Jul 15, 2019
A day after a series of tweets using racist language to describe the Democratic lawmakers, President Trump said the four women of color should apologize to him.
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Jul 15, 2019
A day after a series of tweets using racist language to describe the Democratic lawmakers, President Trump said the four members of Congress should apologize to him.
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Jul 15, 2019
A day after a series of tweets using racist language to describe the Democratic lawmakers, President Trump said the four members of Congress should apologize to him.
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Jul 15, 2019
President Trump said that four women who have been critical of his policies "are free to leave" the country. The members of Congress accused Trump of advocating a racist agenda.
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Jul 15, 2019
The pace of growth in the second quarter was at its lowest since 1992, when China's records began. The National Bureau of Statistics attributed the change to a complicated international environment.
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Jul 15, 2019
The pace of growth in the second quarter was its slowest since 1992. The National Bureau of Statistics attributed the change to a complicated international environment.
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Jul 15, 2019
Immigrants who want to seek asylum at the U.S. southern border must first apply for that status in another country, according to a new rule that is set to take effect Tuesday.
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Jul 15, 2019
Immigrants who want to seek asylum at the U.S. southern border must first apply for refugee status in another country, according to a new rule that is set to take effect Tuesday.
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Jul 15, 2019
Immigrants who want to seek asylum at the U.S. southern border must first apply for refugee status in another country, according to a new rule that is set to take effect Tuesday.
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Jul 15, 2019
Ghost Fleet, a gripping new documentary about modern-day slaves in the global fishing industry, follows Patima Tungpuchayakul, a Thai woman who's devoted her life to freeing men from forced labor.
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Jul 15, 2019
A former Dell worker said she had such a rough time at the company because of her appearance that she filed a human rights complaint. Another former worker alleges bias over her gender transition.
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Jul 15, 2019
Faith voters who have a mix of liberal and conservative values are up for grabs in the 2020 election. Democrats hope to win them over.
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Jul 15, 2019
Some parents swear by it. They say it's the only way they and their babies get any sleep. Others parents say it's harmful. So what does the science say? Here we separate fiction from fact.
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Jul 15, 2019
The case has the potential to significantly alter how political maps are established in North Carolina while serving as a blueprint for legal challenges in other states.
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Jul 15, 2019
A Honduran couple says a Border Patrol agent told them one parent could stay in the U.S. with their three kids. The agent turned to their youngest and asked her which parent she wanted to be with.
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Jul 14, 2019
Rumors of mass raids swirled, leading many immigrants to stay inside their homes. Immigrant advocates in several cities took to the streets to demonstrate.
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Jul 14, 2019
After a nearly five-hour match, the 32-year-old Serbian claimed his fifth Wimbledon title, defending his 2018 win.
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Jul 14, 2019
The day of observation for Nathan Bedford Forrest follows a decades-long tradition of honoring him and other Confederate leaders, as mandated by state law.
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Jul 14, 2019
In the nearly two years since Hurricane Maria, about half a million people still don't have a safe affordable home. One architect is working to change that.
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Jul 14, 2019
Four freshman lawmakers, all minorities, targeted in a series of tweets by the president on Sunday denounced his remarks as racist and responsible for "stoking white nationalism."
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Jul 14, 2019
The reason some passengers weep uncontrollably or order strange beverages in the sky might be related to high levels of noise and air pressure in the cabin.
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Jul 14, 2019
Sadie Roberts-Joseph was a prominent civil rights activist and community leader in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She founded the city's African American History Museum in 2001.
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Jul 14, 2019
The journalist, author and former NPR host speaks out about her painful quest for motherhood: "There's a lot of emotional blood on the floor."
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Jul 14, 2019
President Trump says immigration raids are planned for Sunday in cities across the country. The administration is reported to be targeting a few thousand undocumented immigrants.
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Jul 14, 2019
Forecasters estimate rainfall over south-central Louisiana at about 3 to 6 inches, and isolated maximum rainfall could reach up to 10 inches, posing potential "dangerous, life-threatening flooding."
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Jul 14, 2019
Forecasters estimate rainfall over south-central Louisiana at about 6 to 12 inches, and isolated maximum rainfall could reach up to 20 inches, posing potential "dangerous, life-threatening flooding."
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Jul 14, 2019
Your friends want to help you out when there's a family health crisis. But it can be overwhelming to manage the offers of support. Here's advice to help friends help you.
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Jul 14, 2019
More older adults are dying from falls today than they used to 20 years ago. But there are simple steps you can take to improve balance, vision and alertness — and keep from falling.
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Jul 14, 2019
As the Bureau of Land Management tightens its grip on the annual gathering's population growth at Nevada's Black Rock desert, a freewheeling community finds its core identity under threat.
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Jul 14, 2019
Drinking alcohol is linked to an increased risk of skin cancer. Part of the risk may be explained by the direct effect that alcohol has on antioxidant levels in the skin, which can hasten a sunburn.
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Jul 14, 2019
The longest-serving member of the current court is also its furthest to the right, least traditional, and most controversial — and with a new conservative majority, he may be having a moment.
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Jul 13, 2019
Most of Manhattan's West Side went dark Sunday evening, halting subways, traffic and elevators. Officials say power has been fully restored after about five hours.
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Jul 13, 2019
Most of Manhattan's West Side went dark Saturday evening, halting subways, traffic and elevators. Officials say power has been fully restored after about five hours.
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Jul 13, 2019
In response to the March shootings that left 51 people dead, the nation's gun buyback program asks owners of now-banned weapons to turn them into police departments for cash.
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Jul 13, 2019
Almost 20 states have passed laws requiring third-graders who aren't proficient in reading to repeat the grade. The policy started in Florida 17 years ago.
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Jul 13, 2019
The operations are expected to take place in at least 10 major cities and last for days. According to reports, ICE is prepared to target about 2,000 recently arrived migrant families.
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Jul 13, 2019
The operations are expected to take place in at least 10 major cities and last for days. According to reports, ICE is prepared to target about 2,000 recently arrived migrant families.
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Jul 13, 2019
Williams was vying for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam singles title, but fell to the 27 year old from Romania, 6-2, 6-2.
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Jul 13, 2019
NPR's Scott Simon talks with David Hanagriff, president of St. Mary Parish, in the storm's path.
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Jul 13, 2019
The water in the Gulf of Mexico is hot and the Mississippi River is high. That could spell disaster for Louisiana.
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Jul 13, 2019
The storm system has prompted tornado and flash flood warnings, and officials are keeping a close watch on New Orleans' levee system and infrastructure, which failed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Jul 13, 2019
The storm system has prompted tornado and flash flood warnings, and officials are keeping a close watch on New Orleans' levee system and infrastructure, which failed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Jul 13, 2019
The storm system has prompted tornado and flash flood warnings, and officials are keeping a close watch on New Orleans' levee system and infrastructure, which failed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Jul 13, 2019
The storm system has prompted tornado and flash flood warnings, and officials are keeping a close watch on New Orleans' levee system and infrastructure, which failed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Jul 13, 2019
New Orleans is braced for the arrival of Barry, which may be near hurricane strength by the time it comes ashore Saturday.
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