School staff and health care providers could face significant fines and lawsuits if they fail to notify parents their child may be transitioning to a different gender.

A man who spent all of his 20s behind bars has bought a decommissioned prison in North Carolina, with plans to turn it into a center that provides jobs and housing to formerly incarcerated people.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Jake Sullivan, who served as national security advisor under President Biden, about the Trump administration's messaging about the Iran war, and how it might resolve.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with actor Delroy Lindo about his Oscar nominated role in the supernatural thriller Sinners.

The U.S. and China have been trying to dominate semiconductor design and manufacture. But the creators of one type of semiconductor design wanted to make it free for anyone in the world to build upon.

Scientists say a pair of condors are likely tending to an egg high up in a California redwood — the first time that's happened there in more than a century. A Yurok wildlife official gives an update.

A military assessment suggests a U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile was responsible for at least 165 deaths at an Iranian girls' school, according to a U.S. official who ...

Australia says it's given asylum to seven members of the Iranian national women's soccer team, but one has asked to return to Iran.

On day 12 of U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, we learn more about the importance of the shipping lane: the Strait of Hormuz.

Attacks and counterattacks continued throughout the Middle East Wednesday. Two cargo ships were struck in the Gulf, as some lawmakers in Washington pressed for answers on the war's rationale.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Dwandalyn Reece from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture about some of the costumes from the iconic Broadway musical “The Wiz ...

A new Magical Map adventure brings the magic of Disneyland to life — as author Ridley Pearson continues to inspire the ...