The Midwest Innocence Project was forced to cut staff after losing funding in 2025. It has a 900-case waiting list.
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The USS Lincoln has been at sea since late last year, part of the administration's war with Iran. Military families are worried about the conditions sailors are living under.
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Lawmakers want answers from the Pentagon chief and U.S. Navy about living conditions aboard the USS Lincoln. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona.
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A federal judge in Boston has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit that claimed Harvard University did not do enough to protect students on campus from antisemitism.
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At least eight people died in Japan as heavy rains flooded roads and disrupted traffic while firefighters from Britain to France and Croatia struggled to contain blazes in Europe's fifth heatwave this summer
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Plus, which beloved animal crossed the rainbow bridge, and what bit of papal paraphernalia did Chicago baseball fans get this week?
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Details on how ICE cooperation agreements work in practice have been hard to come by. NPR took a close look at how sheriff's deputies in Walton County, Fla., approach immigration-related arrests.
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A coalition of landowners, outdoor enthusiasts and business owners that say any work in Big Bend National Park would forever change the place often called "Texas' gift to the nation."
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Lawmakers and families raise concerns about conditions aboard USS Lincoln, as the U.S.-Iran war drags on, Iranians seek a break from the conflict, Russian-held Crimea faces Ukrainian drone campaign.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks with multi-platinum singer, songwriter, and actress Becky G about her new album, "Baraja Bendita," which is Spanish for "blessed deck of cards."
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Israeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank, including one owned by a Palestinian American. U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee referred to the settlers as "terrorists."
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Last year's funding cuts to federal agencies that oversee foodborne illness outbreaks are being tested with the record cyclosporiasis outbreak in the U.S.
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Money that investors borrow to trade in the stock market is called margin debt. This debt is now above $1.5 trillion, 50% higher than a year ago. Could this spell trouble for the U.S. economy?
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The Iranian regime wants to drag out the war until the U.S. midterms. Meanwhile, many Iranians are voting with their feet.
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NPR's Michel Martin asks Abbas Milani, director of Iranian Studies at Stanford, why more Iranians are fleeing their country and whether there's a realistic path to end the U.S.-Iran war.