This year's theme is “Unearth a Story,” following the lead of the nationwide Collaborative Summer Library Program.
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The Senate passed a major immigration enforcement funding bill. Now, the measure goes to the House. Lawmakers must also decide the future of a surveillance program set to expire next week.
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Heading back to work after parental leave? Life Kit has some advice on navigating schedules, managing expectations and finding support during a major life transition.
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Military strikes, sanctions and political pressure are becoming hallmarks of Trump's Latin America policy. NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with historian Greg Grandin about what's driving the shift.
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The new season of the 'Race Unwrapped' podcast looks at art as a force for social change. Host Michelle Tyrene Johnson talks to NPR's Adrian Florido about the intersection of storytelling and protest.
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Los Angeles can be glamorous, gritty, sprawling and strange. NPR cinephiles discuss the movies that bring the city to life.
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Shia Muslims from Pakistan say they're being deported from the UAE shortly after the Iran war began.
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New research from scientists at the Centre for Ecological Research in Hungary finds that some birds living in cities are changing their songs to compete with traffic and other urban noise.
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India plans to build a major port, airport and town on pristine, remote Great Nicobar Island. Supporters say it could boost trade and jobs, but critics worry about environmental damage.
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The attack would be the first since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, complicating mediation efforts for a deal to end the war.
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After Italian Flavio Cobolli missed an overhead on the second championship point of the five-set encounter, Zverev dropped on his back and began sobbing.
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Britain's deputy prime minister says he told U.S. Vice President JD Vance he was wrong to blame immigration for the death of a university student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from a stab wound.
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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his governing party are looking for a strong mandate for a new geopolitical course for Armenia. The opposition includes some parties that are vocally pro-Russia.
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In Tupelo, Miss., the next generation of Elvis tribute artists competed at an annual Elvis fest in the town where The King was born.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with "Rivals" star Danny Dyer. The series follows a group of upper-class Brits as they jostle for power and double-cross each other along the way.