Republicans stripped Planned Parenthood and several other healthcare providers of Medicaid funding for one year, but now ...

America is still a work in progress. Many American poets have written hymns and howls, declarations and outcries for this ...

Now a year since catastrophic flooding in neighboring parts of the Texas Hill Country, two communities have taken two very different paths to recovery.

To clean animal skeletons used for research and education, scientists are turning to a new type of beetle larva. These "superworms" provide an efficient solution to a difficult challenge.

Metro Atlanta’s Venezuelan community rallies to send aid after devastating earthquakes Atlanta's Venezuelan community, one of the largest in the U.S., is gathering aid for earth ...

We say goodbye to longtime NPR arts reporter Elizabeth Blair with this encore of her piece on one of the most American of songs: "This Land is Your Land." ...

Emails from CDC officials released by Sen. Bernie Sanders reveal agency leaders dealing with political pressures during the Trump era and highlight challenges for the next director.

Families will be heading to the beach for the summer. But how do you build an epic sandcastle? NPR's Scott Simon asks sand ...

Today's Independence Day celebrations may be tamped down by severe heat and, according to a NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, worry ...

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Michele Steele discuss the World Cup and speculate about LeBron James.

Severe heat is forcing Independence Day event organizers across the country to change and even cancel festivities.

The U.S. is turning 250 this weekend. To mark the anniversary, we discuss the films and TV series that best depict the ...