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NPR's Ari Shapiro spoke with Lauren Mayberry, known as the lead singer of CHVRCHES, about launching her solo career from the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC in September 2023. Her solo debut is out now.

After their party's election losses in November, House Democrats are looking to regroup with a shuffle in leadership.

Missouri voters moved to end the state's strict abortion ban in November but it's unclear when abortion treatment will be allowed. Some of the old laws remain on the books pending a judge's ruling.

Conflict between the Syrian government and rebel groups is raising uncertainty in the region. But in the chaos, some are optimistic about the possible release of American journalist Austin Tice.

Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear made history as the youngest composers and only all-woman songwriting team for a Disney animated film with Moana 2.

A panel of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has upheld a federal law Congress passed in April mandating that TikTok will be banned in the United States unless its sold.

The incoming Trump administration has its eyes set on serious economic changes. But one group has unique power to influence fiscal and monetary policies and they're keeping watch: Bond Vigilantes.

Syrian rebels have taken two major cities and are closing in on a third. What does all this mean for the Assad regime?

The outpouring of online rage following a health insurance CEO's killing has shocked some. Polling shows that people who really need their health insurance find it lets them down in fundamental ways.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes about The Return, an adaptation of Homer's epic poem The Odyssey. It's their first time on screen together in almost 30 years.

Under a shaky ceasefire with Israel, Lebanon has another worry: Syria. Border residents are doing armed patrols with Hezbollah. They fear Syrian rebels could invade them next. They've done it before.

Art Cashin was known as of the Dean of the New York Stock Exchange. He died this week at 83 years old.

Hiring rebounded in November, after a lull the month before. Boeing workers are back on the job after a strike. Bars and restaurants are adding jobs as well.

In a wave of fall TV shows, including The Day of the Jackal, The Agency, and Netflix's new Keira Knightley series Black Doves, spies don't just answer to their intelligence agencies – they've also got families at home.

Thanksgiving Day kicks off a wave of volunteers stirred by the holiday spirit, but those in charge of local charities say they'd rather have that help at other times of the year.

Almost 9 in 10 U.S. voters felt the November election was run well, according to new survey data. That's a jump compared with 2020 — an increase driven exclusively by Republican voters.

Rising from the sand on Miami Beach are what appear to be the sails of a buried Spanish galleon. It's a piece created by Tlingit/Unangax artist Nicholas Galanin.

At the Robopalooza festival in the California desert, engineers are stress-testing space robots, which they say could someday build the infrastructure needed to settle the moon and beyond.

Hundreds of sea turtles are stranding on Cape Cod this week. We visit the facility that is nursing them back to health.

The Justice Department finds Memphis police regularly violate the civil rights of citizens, engaging in unconstitutional tactics like excessive use of force and discriminating against Black residents.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with David Sarni, a retired NYPD detective and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, about the hunt for the gunman who killed the UnitedHealthcare CEO.

Syrians in Aleppo are cautiously optimistic as rebel groups take over Assad-regime held areas of their country.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are making their case for government efficiency to members of Congress.

NPR has rounded up more than 350 of our favorite books this year. Today, we're focusing on biographies and memoirs.

A new study projects just how bad things could get for biodiversity if global warming speeds up. NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports that under the most extreme warming scenarios, about one in three species could be threatened with extinction…

Starting Sept. 1, drug users in Oregon began facing new criminal penalties for possession, ending the state's experiment with drug decriminalization. What does that change look like on the ground?

Backlash against massive solar energy farms drove strong rural turnout in Nevada may have helped flip the presidential vote there to Republican for the first time since 2004. But it's not a given Trump will derail President Biden's plans…

Scientists have an idea of how bird flu would have to evolve in order to spread more easily among humans: a mutation in one protein on the virus' surface could help it bind better human cells. Reporter: Will Stone. Editor: Scott Hensley.…

The U.S. has been developing a powerful telescope connected to the world's largest digital camera. Once fully operational, the Vera Rubin Observatory will be able to produce a full image of the sky.

The political instability in France — and simultaneously in Germany, where the governing coalition collapsed a month ago — could have wide-ranging consequences.