January, which means some of those New Years resolutions might have fall off, already. NPR's Life Kit host Marielle Segarra gives tips for giving your goals a reset.

On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, years ago, when Kimberly Godsey was training to become a nurse practitioner, a physician taught her what to do when he discovered a terminal illness.

There is panic among many of the 170 million Americans on TikTok. That's because, any time now, the Supreme Court is set to decide whether the app will stay, or be banned in six days.

This year promises to give us some great new books. Here are a few pieces of fiction we're looking forward to reading in early 2025.

NPR recently changed how reporters talk about immigration on air and in pieces for the website. Tony Cavin, NPR's Managing Editor of Standards and Practices, talks us through some of this guidance.

Edgar McGregor is the leader of the "Altadena Weather and Climate" group on Facebook, where he was posting warnings about the coming windstorm in the days leading up to the Eaton fire.

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California's insurance industry was already in crisis. Now the wildfires in the Los Angeles region may upend efforts to ...

Colleagues are remembering the soap opera star for her "quick wit" and presence on set. She died after a long illness.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks to researcher Rikke Jeppesen about her work on how sea otters, which were hunted to almost near extinction, have been able to thrive by eating up to 120,000 crabs a year.

In Italy, questions swirl around a possible deal between Elon Musk's Space X company and the far-right government.

What happens when wild fires reach the city? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with fire historian Steve Pyne about the ways in which the fire threat is changing.