The phrase "bird watching" does not take in the full range of people who love searching for wild birds. We meet a few of the many visually impaired birders who use their ears.

A long-standing legal principle -- that judges should not make changes to voting or election rules too close to an election -- is prompting questions and criticism this election season.

A U.S. Senate race in Texas is now set with the state's Attorney General Ken Paxton winning the GOP nomination in a primary runoff Tuesday. He'll face Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico.

In a West Bank spring where Palestinians used to water their flocks, Israeli settlers now swim.

In most school districts, kids take a bus to school. But in the rural Alaska village of South Naknek -- pilot Jon King has been flying kids to school almost every school day for the last four decades.

A detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" has become too expensive to maintain and may soon close.

At least 18 NPR journalists have accepted buyouts and another 10 have been laid off as the public media network attempts to ...

Food insecurity affects more families now than during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey from the Federal ...

New research shines a light on the lost Franklin Expedition, a 19th-century voyage to the Canadian Arctic gone awry. NPR’s Henry Larson reports. This article was originally publ ...

The Health (LDH) will begin issuing SUN Bucks this week. The program provides $120 in grocery benefits to help ensure children who receive free or reduced-price school meals get the nutrition they ...

Ben Rhodes was a speech writer and security advisor for President Obama. His book, All We Say, is a collection of 15 speeches — from Ben Franklin to Trump — about what it means to be American.

On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, shortly after 5:00 p.m., Troopers with Louisiana Troop F began investigating a two-vehicle fatal ...