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The U.S. Open Cup is the country's oldest national soccer competition, and it's coming to an exciting finish. Insiders say Sacramento's run is an indication of the growth of the men's game in the U.S.

Gun manufacturers have taken in more than $1 billion from selling the weapons over the past decade, at times marketing them as a way for young men to prove their masculinity.

This week we look at a claim about an abortion bill and state Republicans.

Stella Flores is associate professor of higher education and public policy at the University of Texas at Austin. She discusses the implications of reversing affirmative action in college admissions.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Virginia Sole-Smith, author of The Eating Instinct, about how to encourage Americans to eat healthier without creating stigma about body size and weight.

Crews from 30 states have converged on Southwest Florida to restore power after Hurricane Ian devastated the area. The work is precise and dangerous.

Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan won her last race by 1,000 votes. This time she's facing a stronger than expected challenge from a far-right candidate stressing the impact of inflation.

Matthew DePerno, the Trump-backed nominee for state attorney general, is being investigated for an alleged plot to seize and tamper with voting machines.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission believes pollution from the nearby airport may be causing headstones at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery to deteriorate at a higher-than-normal rate. This Halloween weekend, the organization is calling on the public to help restore the cemetery’s history.

FTX, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Friday. It took less than a week for the company, and its once-popular CEO, to wipe out financially.

Today's political polarization makes it seem harder than ever to tackle climate change. Republican Bob Dixson says the goals of going green aren't only for liberals. His town of Greensburg was hit by an unusually strong tornado, and now he's working on a White House task force to prepare communities like his.

Plains' I Walked With You A Ways, the collaborative debut from the Waxahatchee singer-songwriter and Williamson, combines wry wisdom with a classic country sound.

The NPR podcasts Throughline and Planet Money collaborate to tell the story of how Taiwan transformed into the world's semiconductor superhub, and the man who helped lead the way.

Hospitals in out-of-the-way places are making trade-offs as they adopt electronic medical records. Some are joining larger health systems, while others are searching for ways to go it alone.

Allenbrook Elementary is a turnaround model for low-performing schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, but success isn't easily replicated or scaled.

The board of governors holds with its plan to shield in-state undergraduate students from inflation by keeping tuition flat. Plus, influential Republican donor Art Pope argues for the board to take a more "proactive" approach to writing university budgets.

Billy Crudup plays a traveling salesman, hawking new homes on the moon in this Apple TV+ series. Hello Tomorrow! is a colorful fantasy world, populated with characters real enough to care about.

The leaders of the Senate subcommittee that held a hearing into Ticketmaster last month shared evidence with the Justice Department and asked it to "continue examining" the company's conduct.

New research suggests that vocal fry among toothed whales is what gives them the ability to echolocate, hunting down their prey with the loudest sounds produced by any animal on the planet.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Scott Safechuck, a Santa Barbara County Fire Department official, on the cleanup underway as the county recovers from days of brutal storms and prepares for more ahead.