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The White House is denying reports by multiple media outlets that President Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to end an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

A pug beagle dressed as a Tudor gentleman. A colorfully rendered cockatoo. Sculpture. Stained glass. Cross stitch. We asked you to share artwork inspired by your pets, and you all outdid yourselves.

Expanding the use of involuntary commitment is being discussed in liberal California and Oregon, where severe mental illness, drug use and homelessness are becoming political liabilities for leaders.

Wellesley College currently admits only some transgender and nonbinary applicants. Students voted for a non-binding referendum pushing for more inclusive admissions and communications policies.

Saudi Arabia and Iran are restoring full diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by China, a move that could reduce tensions in the region and that asserts China's growing influence in the Gulf.

I learned something from my colleague Steve Harrison last week: Partisan school board elections are more common in North Carolina than partisan city council races. Based on my experience in Mecklenburg County I had assumed the opposite was true.

In 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Chicago to fight for fair and open housing. NPR's Michel Martin and WBEZ examined the state of activism in Chicago around fair housing and other issues today.

In Canada, more than 25 million acres of land — an area larger than Portugal — has burned, and the fire season shows no signs of slowing. Here's why many fires are being left to burn.

This week, graduate students enrolled in Ph.D. programs at Duke University will receive ballots in the mail to vote on whether to form a labor union. If more students vote for the union than against, they’ll become the first recognized graduate student union in the South.

The Women's World Cup says goodbye to Germany and Brazil and welcome to Morocco and Jamaica. Here are the teams and games to watch as the tournament's knockout stage begins.

The work stoppage has curtailed late-night talk shows and put the fall broadcast season in disarray. Critic David Bianculli says there's still some excellent TV to watch, if you know where to look.

Even before a pair of hometown labels pushed past gatekeepers, NOLA mastered a reliable alchemy: no sound so straight you couldn't swing it, no hurdle so high you couldn't dance over it.

Regulators and food manufacturers were caught off guard when a deadly food additive from China turned up in U.S. pet food. Experts say it's a consequence of globalization and America's growing dependence on China for food ingredients.

In the wake of Friday's Supreme Court decision striking down Biden's relief plan, borrowers lament the path forward.

Kyle Sampson — former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales — testifies before a Senate panel. He says his boss was far more involved in the plan to fire eight federal prosecutors than Gonzales has previously acknowledged.

The movie "Earth Mama" follows a pregnant Black woman as she considers giving her baby up for adoption. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks director and writer Savanah Leaf about the sacrifices parents make.

This year, for the first time, NPR's Student Podcast Challenge offered a special prize for the best student podcasts about mental health. The finalists had important things to say.

This summer, three women at the peak of their powers lead a spectacular pop culture revival. "Barbie," Beyoncé and Taylor Swift shattered records and created a communal economy of irrational exuberance.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Russell Moore, editor-in-chief of the Christianity Today magazine, about his new book Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America.

As young adults prepare to leave blue states and head to historically Black colleges in states where abortion is banned, they're getting ready to safeguard their reproductive health during college.