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California accuses oil companies of misleading the public on the dangers of fossil fuels for decades. The state demands they help fund recovery efforts after climate change-fueled disasters.

The 'Saturday Night Live' cast member and 'Schmigadoon!' star performs in "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe," a one-woman show made famous by Lily Tomlin.

The FBI says card shuffling machines were hacked to cheat at poker as part of a major illegal gambling scheme. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to a reporter who's been covering the machines' vulnerabilities.

Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd spoke with Sarah Zhang, a reporter for The Atlantic, about how people are searching the web and using the app Telegram to buy next-generation GLP-3 drugs not yet approved by U.S. regulators.

Rachel Martin talks to GOP Rep. Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee about the border security funding negotiations — central in the fight that caused the government shutdown. NPR's Mara Liasson weighs in.

Traveling on your own can be scary, but it can be one of the most meaningful things you can do for yourself. Three solo travelers share their experiences — and what makes for a successful trip.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, about what the U.S. investment there has achieved.

On Black Friday, we revisit Robin Wall Kimmerer's 2024 book, The Serviceberry. It argues that humans would be wise to learn from the circular economies of reciprocity and abundance in nature.

The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week.

Based in Los Angeles, Mosley previously served as a correspondent and host of Here & Now, and as a host and Silicon Valley bureau chief at KQED in San Francisco. She hosts the podcast Truth Be Told.

Financial literacy programs have been called useless in the past. But a new study suggests that's due to the way the subject is taught, rather than the subject itself.

Deaths and injuries from guns in the U.S. have increased for years, mirroring the 1990s - the last time gun violence was considered an epidemic.

In southeast Alaska, the commercial king salmon fishing season has been shut down a month early, because the number of wild salmon returning to rivers to spawn is at an all-time low.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu says he speaks with Fox leadership "all the time." He questioned panels whether Fox is doing enough to "grow the team." Sununu was addressing GOP donors in Nashville.

Anthony Comstock pushed Congress to crack down on what he saw as harmful vices, such as pornography and contraception. An 1873 law named for him has appeared in recent court battles over abortion.

We asked our panel of public radio writers one question: What is your favorite album of 2019 so far? There were so many ways to answer.

The island nation is one of the world's biggest exporters of tea, an industry that employs a sizable part of the population. We visit one organic tea farm that shares revenues with its workers.

Mei Lum put off grad school to take over a porcelain shop in New York City that's been in her family for five generations. But Lum wonders, how can she lay new roots without eroding what's there?

Hundreds of people left San Jose Calderas for work opportunities in the U.S. They sent back money that helped the village prosper. Things changed when many of them were deported and had to come back.

Smart guns have mainly been the stuff of movies. In the real world, technological and political challenges have meant the high-tech devices haven't become a reality. That may be about to change.