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Average temperatures have been going up in many cities, including New Orleans.

The annual analysis by Oxfam compares states on metrics like wages, workplace protections, and the right to organize a union.

The new path is part of the city's effort to create a continuous trail network for pedestrians.

The data informed fisheries management and fueled scientific research in North Carolina for decades.

School officials found a loaded handgun at High Point Central Thursday morning. A 16-year-old student was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm on educational property, possession of a handgun by a minor and carrying a concealed gun.

An investigation by NPR, Texas Public Radio and 1A in 2024 found that more than 250 workers had died as a result of preventable trench collapses since 2013, and that at-fault companies were rarely held accountable.

The relief funds are part of a $478 million disaster recovery package approved by the N.C. General Assembly earlier this year after $5 billion in agricultural losses in 2024.

"Susan Monarez is no longer director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," the Department of Health and Human Services wrote in a social media post. Her lawyers said she had neither resigned nor been told she was fired.

In "The Roses," Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch play a vicious couple spiraling toward divorce. "A Little Prayer" tells a more tender story about a relationship on the rocks.

The General Assembly has passed a pair of bills making minor adjustments to last year's state budget, but a full spending package remains out of reach.

The Department of Transportation says it will be "reclaiming management" of the transportation hub, which it has owned since the 1980s. D.C.'s mayor says that would be an "amazing initiative."

In New Orleans, it's been several days since the New Year's Day truck attack in the French Quarter. As residents and tourists grapple with what happened, people are also trying to get back to normal.

The beloved blue locomotive was first imagined in the 1940s — he starred in stories Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son. Allcroft adapted Awdry's The Railway Series into Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.

South Korea's political crisis began a month ago with the brief declaration of martial law. It's a recent example of power grabs in established democracies that holds lessons for other nations.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: A documentary about yacht rock, Colouring's new album, the game Pentiment and an action movie about TSA.

In a decision Friday, New York Judge Juan Merchan noted that his inclination was to not impose a sentence of incarceration.

The Koran forbids intoxicants. But as psychedelics show promise in treating mental health, some Muslims are trying to figure out if there can be a place for psychedelics within Islamic life.

Federal officials are trying to figure out the motive behind a Colorado man's decision to drive a rented Tesla Cybertruck to Las Vegas and detonate it in front of a Trump hotel on New Year's Day.

New research shows that the anesthetic ketamine keeps fish from giving up -- and the way it works may help figure out how it works in humans and lead to better medications for depression.

President Biden formally blocked the sale of U.S. Steel to a Japanese steelmaker, citing national security concerns. The company said that it may have to cut thousands of union jobs without the sale.