As part of NPR's Swing Shift project checking in with swing voters, these Americans are split on who is to blame for high gas ...

New York lawmakers finally finished passing a state budget Wednesday night that softens the state’s climate change goals, limits local police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities and ...

Researchers say some structural changes in treating addiction are helping, including wider access to overdose-reversing medication.

It's the second known case of the federal government filing criminal charges against someone who allegedly used insider information to make a large profit on a prediction market site.

Route 66 is not the oldest, longest or most well-travelled long-distance highway in the U.S. So why is it the most famous?

More than 8 million New Yorkers are set to get a check this year to offset rising utility costs, according to a state budget ...

Tompkins County Clerk Maureen Reynolds is the first to admit that her job can be tough. “Every day I work in a courthouse, I ...

Americans are increasingly passing up on dining out. So one restaurant is allowing diners to pay what they like for their ...

Music is interwoven with the sounds of daily life in this West African island nation, which hosted two international music festivals in April and has been named the African Capital of Culture for 2028 ...

The End of the Sahara is a kaleidoscopic murder mystery by the Algerian writer Saïd Khatibi. An Enigma by the Sea is a witty, ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Dana White, president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, about his plans to build a fighting arena on the White House lawn.

Joe Biden sued the Justice Department to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of the former president's interview with a ghostwriter that were obtained by the special counsel.