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Wildfires are burning in northern and southern California, threatening homes and forcing evacuations. Strong winds expected through the weekend mean conditions could get worse.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ekow Yankah, author of The New Yorker essay, "Why N.C.A.A. Athletes Shouldn't Be Paid," about the NCAA's decision to allow college athletes to earn compensation.

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Halitosaurus, Phone Phlesh, Square Mealand Cuts Corners

While former Vice President Joe Biden has a commanding lead in early polling for the Democratic nomination, black women interviewed by NPR all say they are still weighing their options.

New York City has launched an effort to provided free legal counsel to low-income tenants facing eviction and reducing displacement. Other cities may soon follow.

On a recent weekday afternoon, Toni Arnold-Spikes drove her black sedan around Cleveland’s East Side, ping-ponging between recreation centers and public libraries, searching for young people who aren’t in school and aren’t at work. As a recruiter for the nonprofit Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU), Arnold-Spikes said she goes out about once a week, scoping out not just public facilities, but also barber shops, beauty salons, block parties, and pickup basketball games.

Dayton police and community officials are urging anyone planning to counterprotest this month’s rally by an Indiana-based Ku Klux Klan group to take...

Wes Anderson returns to stop action animation — a technique that won him an Oscar nomination for Fantastic Mr. Fox-- in his latest film, Isle of Dogs.

When Mike and Hilary Gustafson opened the Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Mich., they put an old typewriter on the store floor so patrons could peck out their thoughts — now compiled in a new book.

Brooke Williamson owned four restaurants in Los Angeles before the coronavirus pandemic began. She talks to NPR's Noel King about losing three of those restaurants in the past several months.