Among the legislation the governor signed is a wide-reaching public health bill that expands access to birth control and requires the state to track cases of Lyme disease and alpha-gal syndrome.
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The use of the VAR, video assistant referee, has been controversial at this year's World Cup. FIFA says it makes the game fairer. Fans and teams say it's being abused. Has VAR gone too far?
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What's it like to grow up and learn in the age of AI? NPR put that question to seven teenagers across the country.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Gil Kerlikowske, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection under President Obama, about the recent string of fatal shootings by federal immigration agents.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author and New York Magazine writer Alyssa Shelasky about her new book based on her eponymous "Sex Diaries" column.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will pause non-urgent vehicle stops after two deadly shootings in less than a week, Maine U.S. Sen. Angus King's office tells NPR.
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The payment comes three years after a jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer.
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By altering the definition of the word "harm" as used by the Endangered Species Act, the Trump administration may limit how wildlife is protected in the United States. Environmental groups are suing.
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The New Yorker writer Jonathan Blitzer says thousands of people are being held in tents in the El Paso desert, where inhumane conditions have become a tool to pressure people to accept deportation.
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Missouri State University Baseball adds two transfers for 2026-27 while the softball team adds one more transfer.
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The visa process for visiting artists has always been complicated and expensive. Under the current administration, it's gotten significantly worse.
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Annual inflation hit 3.5% in June, down from May's more than three-year high — but the resumption of the conflict with Iran threaten to push up inflation as energy costs once again spike.
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A troubling pattern of federal agents fatally shooting civilians is developing, with deaths in Maine, Texas and Tennessee. The family of a man shot by agents told NPR they want answers.
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NPR's Michel Martin talks to Robert Malley, a negotiator of a 2015 Iran nuclear deal, about President Trump saying the U.S. is reinstating a blockade on Iranian ports and charging a toll on cargo.
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President Trump says the Strait of Hormuz is open, and the U.S., not Iran, will collect tolls.