An audit finds the Employment Security Department was not tracking when people received paid family leave benefits and ...

This stretch of New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland is so packed with houses of worship, it's been called the ...

Scientists are reconsidering old information about Uranus. NPR's Scott Simon explains the problem with photos taken of the ...

The Kansas City Chiefs are undefeated this season and looking to win another Super Bowl. The USA Wheelchair Football League championship game, that is, where the wheelchair Chiefs will meet the ...

NPR's Scott Simon and Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media discuss a pair of undefeated runs in the NFL and NBA, plus the latest from the ATP Finals in Italy.

French families recall rapes committed by a handful of GIs after D-Day. A note to listeners that this piece mentions sexual assault.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sahar Fetrat a researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the lives of women in Afghanistan now, as the Taliban continue to limit their presence in public life.

Some of the lowest-paid essential workers during the pandemic also suffered the most trauma. Nursing aides have had trouble getting healthcare officials to pay attention to their plight.

President-elect Trump assembled his national security team with a series of rapid-fire choices. There's a clear pattern: Most nominees are best known for their support of Trump rather than their ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Vitalii Bardetskyi, a Ukrainian DJ and music journalist, about a new compilation of music from that country called "Even the Forest Hums." ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Harvard professor Cass Sunstein about Ted Olson. The legal great, who argued 65 US Supreme Court cases, including the one that legalized gay marriage, died this week.

Federal data shows that rates of new sexually transmitted infections are slowing in the U.S. It's a rare sign of improvement that suggests prevention efforts are working.