NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jacqueline Smith of the International Transport Workers' Federation about conditions for sailors stranded on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

More Americans are turning to the train as gas prices reach their highest point since the war in Iran began. Brightline, the ...

Widespread drought and fears of a power crisis is forcing the Interior Department to start sending billions of gallons of ...

On the eve of a Kentucky Derby, we remember America's first Black female jockey. Cheryl White grew up on a horse farm in Ohio. In 1971, as a teenager, she left home to become a jockey. White's younger ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams about President Trump's latest nominee for the role, Dr. Nicole Saphier.

As climate change, wildfires and other extreme weather events intensify, the demand for native seeds is surging in order to help preserve plant biodiversity.

It's a very treatable form of cancer if caught early, yet younger adults rarely get screened. Patient advocates want more ...

Iran and the U.S. are still facing off through dueling blockades in the Strait of Hormuz, and that leads us to our next story. How is the United States trying to bring the conflict to an end? MARTIN: ...

Camp Mystic, the private all-girls camp where 27 people died in last year's flooding in central Texas, announced that it is withdrawing its application to reopen this summer.

Gas prices just hit a 4-year record, and the price of jet fuel has doubled. NPR speaks to industry executives and energy experts to explain the areas in which Americans are feeling the pinch.

Florida lawmakers passed a new voting map that could give Republicans an edge in flipping four House seats now held by Democrats. It aids President Trump's national redistricting push.

Four states have recently passed legislation to limit teaching and assessments via screens for students. So has the United ...