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A storm surge of up to 15 feet over parts of Florida remained one of the biggest concerns. "This will cover your house," Gov. Rick Scott warned. "You will not survive."

Kyle Cook and Carla Saunders, two neonatal nurse practitioners, remember the early days of the opioid crisis, a time that led them to help develop treatment protocols for babies exposed to opioids.

The opening theme music from a TV show can become an earworm — just think of Mission: Impossible or Peter Gunn. For composers, coming up with something catchy is like trying to write a Top 40 hit.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is cancelling her trip to the United Nations General Assembly next week. The de facto ruler of Myanmar and one-time democracy icon is facing widespread criticism for not stopping atrocities against a minority Muslim population.

Blogger Alva Noë explores a study on vision finding that the narrow separation of bandwidth sensitivities of long- and medium-wave cones may be the best way for us to discriminate facial hues.

The latest offshoot from the Broadway sensation, The Hamilton Instrumentals, allows listeners to demonstrate just how well they've committed Lin-Manuel Miranda's words to memory.

Director Patrick Shen features plenty of talking heads opining about our essential need for quiet and solitude, but this film works best when he captures moments of pristine, meditative stillness.

While serving a six-month sentence for cannabis possession, musician Jawara McIntosh was brutally beaten and rendered comatose. His family is looking for answers — and filing a civil rights lawsuit.

NPR's Lakshmi Singh talks to Tommy Caldwell, the first to free climb a 3,000 foot "Dawn Wall" granite cliff, about his book The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits.

With Republican supermajorities in both the House and Senate, it's fair to say the General Assembly's usual preferred color is red.But a joint session on…

South Koreans go to the polls Tuesday to replace ousted leader Park Geun-hye. Outsiders talk about North Korea, but South Korean voters say they're more concerned about the economy and environment.

Min Kym had found her perfect partner in a 1696 Stradivarius — until it was snatched in a London cafe. She comes to terms with the loss in her new memoir, Gone: A Girl, A Violin, A Life Unstrung.

President Trump is expected to make a decision regarding whether or not the U.S. will pull out of the Paris climate accord. NPR takes a look at the potential political and environmental impacts of leaving the agreement.

They drink the blood of big animals and spread rabies. Cows die. People die. Ranchers want them killed off. But scientists say they form human-like friendships. Does that mean we should protect them?

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi addressed her nation about the crisis involving Rohingya Muslims, reported to be victims of ethnic cleansing. Mary Louise Kelly talks to reporter Poppy McPherson.

Reports say one of President Trump's campaign managers may have been wiretapped as part of the Russia election meddling probe. Trump is set to deliver his first address to the U.N. General Assembly.

As Hurricane Maria veers toward the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, people there explain how they're preparing to weather the storm.

More than 200 people were killed in an earthquake in Mexico. Also, Molly Hennessy-Fiske of the LA Times is in Puerto Rico as Hurricane Maria nears and the GOP is again trying to overhaul health care.

Last October, a cyber attack made it hard for people to access Twitter, Netflix, Spotify and other popular sites. Here's what we learned from that massive "distributed denial of service," attack.

Holding a newborn on a parent's bare chest has long been used to help premature babies. Hospitals increasingly recommend it for full term babies, too. Doctors say it reduces pain and lowers stress.