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Economists say that what happens in Vegas matters nationally because it often reflects broader trends on consumer confidence and the overall health of the U.S. economy.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to a pastor and parishioners at East Washington Heights Baptist Church about crime in Washington, D.C., and whether the National Guard deployment helps or hurts the city.

Today, the ousting of Oakland’s mayor and Alameda County’s District Attorney. Then, a novelist explores the story of family and coming of age. And, we honor the life of a treasured community builder.

Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington, says Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is "not following the science," like he said he would during his confirmation hearings earlier this year.

President Trump is signing the "One Big Beautiful Bill" to implement his policy agenda on Independence Day, as he was hoping for.

In The Roses, Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch play a vicious couple spiraling toward divorce. A Little Prayer tells a more tender story about a relationship on the rocks.

The order aims to ban "pay-for-play" NIL deals, mandates scholarships for women's and Olympic sports and threatens to withhold funds from schools who don't comply. But its legality is in question.

After more than 50 years behind the mic at NPR, Susan Stamberg is retiring.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Patty Griffin about her album Crown of Roses. Griffin says the record is built around her mother, with whom she rekindled a relationship after years of drifting apart.

Extreme weather makes being out in nature more risky as the flood deaths at Camp Mystic in Texas showed.

Denzel Washington plays a New York City music mogul whose teenage son becomes the target of a kidnapping plot. The movie is a remake of the 1963 Akira Kurosawa classic, High and Low.

NPR reporters have uncovered some of the tensions within the Biden administration as the U.S. responded to Israel's war in Gaza.