State Representative Chris Humphrey announced he met with cemetery management after several reports of large potholes, overgrown weeds, and severe flooding. The company has agreed to bring in local contractors over the next four to six weeks to fix the deteriorating roads.

Eligible state employees will get 12 weeks paid leave for the birth, adoption, or placement of a child. Both mothers and fathers will be eligible.

Organized alongside the America First Policy Institute, the tour aligns with the administration's broader push to return education decisions back to individual states.

Mandy Wallace, MountainTrue’s artifact recovery technician, is helping storm survivors reclaim small pieces of what the flood carried away.

Attorney General Jeff Jackson says cutting scammers off at the source will stop them from tricking consumers with legitimate numbers.

For decades Hayes Baxley has pointed his camera at the wildest places on earth. Polar bears in the Arctic. Jaguars in Brazil. Among his favorites: the underwater assignments.

One of the last hiking trails still closed after Hurricane Helene has reopened to visitors.

Populist British MP Nigel Farage resigned from Parliament over questions about his finances, and is running for re-election in his constituency. His biggest rival? Count Binface.

President Trump refused to sign a housing bill, now law, in protest over Congress not passing new restrictions on voting.

The nation's oldest continuously operated weather observatory in Milton, Massachusetts, keeps track of a surprising climate indicator: the date the first blueberry ripens.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Republican strategist Liam Donovan about his party's approach to November's Senate races.

The sport of beep baseball uses sound to guide visually impaired players to hit the ball and run the bases.

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss the World Cup quarterfinals.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Swarthmore College political science professor Dominic Tierney about the U.S.-Iran war and other conflicts that have left the U.S. in drawn-out entanglements.

Among the many treasures of the New York Public Library are tens of thousands of restaurant menus.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with sportscaster Andrés Cantor about announcing the 2026 World Cup.

Jermaine Butler, who performs as "Jermaine from the South," entered his Creole-inspired song "Dan Vi-Cila" to NPR's Tiny Desk Contest.