42+ min ago   (1274+ words) Actor Tatyana Ali holds a Baby Yams quilt. Ali's baby blankets raise funds and awareness for Black and Indigenous birth workers. Manfred Baumann hide caption Actor and singer Tatyana Ali has become an important voice in a growing movement to…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (421+ words) Many California countertop workers diagnosed with silicosis from engineered stone are struggling to obtain workers' compensation benefits as insurers deny claims. FARIDA JHABVALA ROMERO, BYLINE: Eleazar Resendiz Cortes is only 39 but gasps for air doing things that used to be…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (863+ words) People walk in front of a memorial for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 29, 2025. Jim Urquhart/Reuters hide caption "It used to be very lively. People doing homework, people taking their food…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (354+ words) The Trump administration is making a new push to exclude millions of U.S. residents from a key census count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state." President Trump's administration is making a new push…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (833+ words) The measles ward at Dhaka Shishu Hospital is full, even five months after the start of a massive outbreak in Bangladesh. Ali Asif Shawon for NPR hide caption In May, we posted a story about the rapid and devastating spread…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (161+ words) Lonnie G. Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, is stepping down from his post at the end of the year.The Smithsonian, which includes museums, libraries and a zoo, has been a frequent target of criticism by President Trump.How…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (311+ words) Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III, who resigned as head of the Smithsonian Institution Tuesday, makes remarks at an opening ceremony introducing the public to the new giant pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, at the National Zoo on Jan 24, 2025. Tyrone Turner…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (269+ words) A quarter century after 9/11, the health of those who responded to the attacks continues to be affected.Some 3,000 people died across three locations that day. An estimated 400,000 people were exposed to toxic contaminants and risked physical injury in the hours…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (665+ words) Today's economy is brought to you by… the letter K! Or is it C? Or … well, it depends on who you talk to about how the rich and poor are doing these days. This desire to Sesame Street the economy…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (116+ words) How did you celebrate July 4 this year? What did the country’s landmark 250th anniversary, in honor of the founding of the United States, mean to you?The next 50 years likely hold a lot of change for our country where democracy, economic…...