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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Tiffany Williams about how President Trump's tariffs are affecting her business. She's the co-owner of a luggage shop in Lubbock, Texas.

Some academics, librarians and history students have been rallying around the hashtag Charleston Syllabus, suggesting readings that might help inform the public of some of the city's history.

This year, Chima Williams of Nigeria was a winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize for his activism, targeting Shell for an oil spill in his homeland. Here's how the case went.

Mooresville Police Chief Damon Williams was placed on paid administrative leave Monday following an investigation of a hostile work environment.The…

Writer William Loiseaux faints -- frequently. He has done quite a bit of scientific, linguistic, cultural and historical research on the act of fainting, and has come to feel proud of his "gift." He's written a treatise of sorts on the topic. It's called In Defense of Fainting. William Loizeaux's essay was originally published, in a much longer version, in The American Scholar.

Walter Iooss Jr. has been a photographer for Sports Illustrated for more than four decades, and tells NPR's Juan Williams that of all the sports he's covered over the years, baseball remains closest to his heart. Williams and Iooss discuss the photographer's latest book, Classic Baseball -- see some of the photos from the book, and listen to an extended version of the interview.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Whitney Dow and Marco Williams, producers/directors of the POV documentary Two Towns of Jasper airing on PBS stations next Wednesday. Dow and Williams talk about how they each directed a separate film crew in Jasper, Tex., during the trials of three white men for the murder of a black man, James Byrd, Jr. He was chained to the back of a pickup truck and dragged to death in 1998. Dow's crew of white filmmakers only interviewed white residents of the town. Williams' crew of black filmmakers only interviewed black residents of the town. The deliberate segregation of the film crews allowed residents to speak with a candor seldom seen on camera.

More than 20,000 people are expected to attend the 16th annual International AIDS conference underway in Toronto, Canada. AIDS has become a treatable chronic disease in wealthy countries like the U.S. Despite advances, treating AIDS is still not a simple matter.

Kenneth Williams was the final inmate executed as the state sped up its schedule to beat the expiration date of its lethal-injection drugs.

Georgia Congresswoman Nikema Williams talks to NPR's Scott Simon about the significance of the swing state and what, she thinks, it will take to keep Georgia "blue" in 2024.

A growing number of 20-somethings are trying to stop wrinkles from forming on their face with a preventative treatment known as "baby Botox," which freezes facial muscles to limit movement.

South Dakota and Vermont are both small, rural states with Republican governors. They've taken very different approaches to coronavirus. One state has suffered far more illness and death.

Scientists are getting more and better data on our changing climate. Now, there's a push to use it to help people cope with the extremes we know are coming.

Like many public universities before it, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has made the move to the top level of college football, known as Football Bowl Subdivision. The program is now in its second year of play. The team is struggling and attendance is weak. The school is pumping more money into football, and some faculty are questioning the investment. But others are calling for patience.

When cows overgraze it's bad for the soil and the climate. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is trying new technology to help avoid overgrazing: virtual fencing.

When cows overgraze it's bad for the soil and the climate. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is experimenting with virtual fencing to help avoid overgrazing.

New Orleans is opening its doors to businesses and residents in nearly half of the city's zip codes. But power is out still in many areas, and the water isn't safe. Health Department officials warn about letting people return too soon.

Despite the pandemic, Sturgis, South Dakota, is expecting hundreds of thousands of people this week for its annual motorcycle rally. We hear from those enjoying the event, and those worried about it.

South Dakota's governor has rejected President Trump's executive action to boost unemployment benefits. Critics say that move is shortsighted in a state where tens of thousands of remain out of work.

As record-breaking heat scorches the West, some disaster experts say our warning system may not be enough. Many people aren't getting alerted when heat can be deadly.