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A safety specialist at Mercy offers advice.
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Gabby Hiestand Salgado/KYUKIn October, 2025, the remnants of a typhoon seriously damaged Alaska Native villages in the far western part of the state. A year later, one of the hardest hit communities is still recovering. -
karetoria/Getty ImagesAs editors turn to imperfect AI detection tools to weed out machine-generated submissions, writers who say they were falsely accused of using AI are left wondering what triggered a positive result.
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Susan Montoya Bryan/APOil companies are reporting another quarter of sky-high profits as the war in Iran pushes up the price of oil — and prices at the pump. -
Stephen Maturen/Getty ImagesAhead of Election Day, listeners send in questions about whether debates are dead, if polls are reliable for election coverage and how Trump might work with Democrats if they win control of Congress.
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Oyster reefs once abounded in the Chesapeake, but overharvesting slashed their populations, leading to poorer water quality and less habitat for other species. Now, researchers and local residents are finding creative ways to bring their numbers back up. -
Residents are fighting back against plans for a project that would span thousands of acres near the Monongahela National Forest and popular outdoor recreation, ski areas and dark sky sites. -
Several children have had to leave the state to receive medical care, including abortions, that is unavailable in Texas. -
Recent analysis from research nonprofit Climate Central found that on average, fall temperatures have warmed by 2.9 degrees Fahrenheit in the U.S. and the summer heat is lasting longer.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with reporter Megan Johnson, who wrote about what it's like to live in Salem, Mass. — famous for the Salem Witch Trials — during Halloween tourism season.
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Over the last few months, 100 randomly selected people tested whether a random bunch of citizens can work together to fix property taxes, avert a future budget crisis, and maybe reinvent democracy.
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NPR podcast Machine Gods is about the AI revolution. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton take questions from listeners about AI.
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A federal judge is opening an formal inquiry into Trump officials' conduct in the East Potomac case, including whether they misled the court about their plans for the municipal golf course. -
Emily Kwong and Ari Daniel of NPR's Short Wave talk about mysterious X-ray objects, the link between movement and learning and how a small part of the brain triggers memory formation.
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Esther Perel is a famous psychotherapist and host of the podcast Where Should We Begin. She told Wild Card's Rachel Martin that her parents' experience as holocaust survivors shaped her worldview.
