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Texas abortion restrictions are in court after 13 women sued the state AG and medical board. Women with complicated pregnancies are telling the court how the state's abortion bans affected them.

Moran talks jazz and plays selections from his latest recording, which borrows from the music of James Reese Europe, the composer and musician who led the Harlem Hellfighters regiment band during WWI.

For years, the coverage of war crimes by journalists wasn't used in criminal trials. The Reckoning Project is an educational program that aims to change that, starting with Ukraine.

He was tasked with ending abuse at a federal penitentiary in Illinois but says his own staff and Bureau of Prisons officials blocked his efforts.

Studies show cats can mentally map out their locations alongside the whereabouts of their owners. Cats can navigate the invisible which is a critical component to their enhanced survival skills.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the women's and men's NCAA tournaments and opening weekend in the MLB.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to call on new District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to keep a criminal justice reform program that was begun under her predecessor, Chesa Boudin, who was recalled in June.

Some state Republican parties — like Colorado's — are struggling after steep election losses, and are witnessing infighting that has left deep divisions when it comes to the future of the GOP.

An assembly bill seeking to drastically curtail the use of solitary confinement heads to the Senate appropriations committee for review on Thursday.

NPR spoke with 26 people who were involved with more than 200 executions across the country. Most said their health suffered and they had little support to help them cope with their unusual jobs.

Biles' teammates applauded her decision to take care of her mental well-being. But she's not the only athlete who has spoken about the pressures of performing at the Games.

In its annual Banished Words List, the faculty of Lake Superior State University also suggests removing from your vocabulary overused phrases such as "Does that make sense?" and "It is what it is."