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A pediatric surgeon and his colleagues at Vanderbilt University Medical Center had prepared for a mass casualty event, but the victims of Monday's shooting had already died by the time they arrived.

NPR's Student Podcast Challenge yielded stories about how students around the U.S. are thinking about and responding to climate change. Here are some of their ideas.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion, ruled that New York's restrictions on the concealed carry of firearms in public violates the Second Amendment.

Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday.

"I've tried on pieces of my friends to see if it fit for me."

The Department of Homeland Security has launched a new public service campaign to spread the word about simple steps you can take to protect yourself from cybersecurity threats.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the movies Long Shot and Fingernails, the YA novel True True and the cookbook Start Here.

The Department of Homeland Security launches a new public service campaign to spread the word about simple steps you can take to protect yourself from cybersecurity threats.

As record-setting, dangerous heat continues in parts of the Southwest, there's concern about inmates in Texas. Most Texas prisoner housing isn't air conditioned and there are no temperature standards.

Despite making up just six percent of Oakland's streets, Chinatown has more than 60 percent of the severe and fatal accidents. Now, a plan aims to change traffic patterns to make streets safer.

If someone young and healthy collapses, the treatment is a no-brainer. As we age or suffer serious health problems, there may come a point where it would do more harm than good.

Major oil companies are under pressure to invest more money in clean energy — but there's a big hurdle: It's still a hell of a lot more profitable to produce fossil fuels.