On paper, there are ceasefires in place between Israel and the US in Iran, and also in Lebanon, Gaza. On the ground, fighting goes on.

Ebola kills roughly half the people it infects, but that has more to do with the kind of care patients can access, rather than something inherent to the virus itself.

"The End of Romance" follows a woman who finally leaves a restrictive and emotionally abusive marriage and crafts a new philosophy about life.

Bahar Movahed is a practicing orthodontist in Southern California. She's also a classically trained musician with a solo career, something she wasn't allowed to have in Iran, where women are ...

Protests are expected to continue Friday outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, N.J. Editor’s Note: After this segment aired, the Department of Homeland Security ...

New research examines the dark past behind a Natural State tourism hotspot. A lawsuit targets a whites-only settlement in northeast Arkansas. And more on the rise of a fatal disease targeting deer and ...

A Kenyan court has temporarily halted the opening of a U.S. Ebola quarantine center. The move follows protests over infection risks and claims that the country could be used as a "containment colony." ...

Ashley Lopez is a political correspondent for NPR based in Austin, Texas. She joined NPR in May 2022. Prior to NPR, Lopez spent more than six years as a health care and politics reporter for KUT, ...

A federal judge has blocked President Trump from adding his name to the Kennedy Center, saying that the Washington, D.C. arts complex was named for the late president John F. Kennedy. In a ruling on ...

Hannah Chinn (they/them) is a producer on NPR's science podcast Short Wave. Prior to joining Short Wave, they produced Good Luck Media's inaugural "climate thriller" podcast. Before that, they worked ...

Louisiana's crawfish industry is upended because processing plants can't get guest-worker visas for its seasonal workforce.

Sky-high gas prices have drivers going out of their way for discounts at the pump. Oil executives warn that even higher prices might be on the horizon.