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It's called parametric insurance, it offers protection for climate-related wage losses and it's gaining ground in India.

Helene made landfall late on Thursday in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 Hurricane. It weakened Friday morning to a tropical storm with sustained winds of 70 mph.

Research conducted at the height of the 2020 election reveals new details about how Facebook's algorithms handle political content. But it suggests there are no easy fixes to political polarization.

Some colleges, seeking to attract more male students, are adding the sport. Research suggests the gains may be short-lived.

Shannon Liss-Riordan, who represents thousands of former Twitter employees suing the company, sees many similarities in the predicament of federal workers today. Here's her advice.

If you had any doubts, we can clear them up now. Emo music not only still exists — it's thriving.

After Jimmy Kimmel's show was suspended "indefinitely" for comments he made following Charlie Kirk's death, questions about free speech and just what is government censorship reach heightened levels.

Short Wave hosts Emily Kwong and Regina Barber talk about a paralyzed man that walked again, a sticker vaccine and the science behind a crop of new RSV vaccines.

In the 2022 midterm elections, Democrats hoped the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision would bring out voters who cared about abortion access. Democrats lost big in Western North Carolina but voter data paints a different picture in the region – and holds lasting implications.

Over three hours on Friday night, jurors in the high-profile trial about Jane Doe's reported sex assault agonized over some questions but found others easy; "I just need to get this right."

A deputy U.S. marshal shot and killed a man in Charlotte last week while attempting to serve a warrant. As reporter Simone Weichselbaum wrote for The Marshall Project, shootings by U.S. marshals are becoming more common as they act like local police, but officers face less accountability. She talked with WFAE's Gwendolyn Glenn about what she found in her reporting.

Children are still generally safe from COVID-19, but rapid changes to guidelines have left some parents of unvaccinated children feeling frustrated by a lack of guidance.

Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the delta variant is forcing public health workers to accelerate their work — for what they hope will be the last time.

In a new book, "Say Their Names: How Black Lives Came to Matter In America," five nationally-recognized Black journalists take a deep dive into racism in this country and how it has affected issues ranging from health care and Black wealth to policing and incarceration. Two of those authors join All Things Considered host Gwendolyn Glenn to talk about the book.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with costume designer Ruth E. Carter, who is now nominated for the fifth time for an Academy Award, about her career and work on the movie Sinners.

With well over 100 acts on eight stages, almost all of them streaming live, Coachella can be overwhelming. Here's a day-by-day guide to the can't-miss music at the season's biggest musical gathering.

Some experts worry that less homework could be a problem for math achievement, at a time when test scores nationwide are already at a dismal low.

NPR's Short Wave team talks about the surprising benefits of small talk, more humane ways to kill lobsters, and an ancient flood that may have helped create the Grand Canyon.

An NPR investigation finds that many people with VA loans who got a COVID forbearance are at risk of losing their homes. The VA has a fix, but it could be too late unless it halts foreclosures.

Gasoline prices have jumped about a dollar a gallon since the war with Iran began. And diesel prices are up even more. That's tough on truckers, fishermen, and just about everyone else.