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Mary Lee McNelis suffers from a speech impediment. But her mother and grandmother never gave up on her. They reminisce with StoryCorps about Mary's long journey to finding her voice.

The European Union accuses Russia of allegedly interfering with the navigation system of a plane carrying the European Commission president on Sunday.

What was once another shortened way to call a friend "brother," the word "bruh" is now being used widely, especially by Gen Alpha kids, to address parents, express sadness, frustration, happiness and seemingly everything else under the sun.

How are therapists in Gaza treating themselves and others? NPR speaks with Palestinian journalist Mohammad Mhawish about Gaza's unseen wounds and how people are coping with collective trauma.

DOGE cuts to the National Park Service spawned fears of widespread problems for park visitors during peak summer season, as parks continue to see record visit numbers. The cuts are real, but mostly invisible.

RFK Jr.'s reshaped ACIP vaccine panel re-did a vote from yesterday on the MMRV vaccine and scrapped plans for another vote on the hepatitis B birth dose.

A growing number of 20-somethings are trying to stop wrinkles from forming on their face with a preventative treatment known as "baby Botox," which freezes facial muscles to limit movement.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Margus Tsahkna, foreign minister of the Baltic nation of Estonia, about President Trump's scheduled summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The prison on a forbidding island off San Francisco was operated at a prohibitive cost. Now, President Trump says it's time to substantially enlarge and rebuild Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary.

A discussion with KQED's Snap Judgment team about the podcast A Tiny Plot that follows a group of homeless people in Oakland and their fight for their own plot of land from the city.

The new two-part documentary, which premieres Friday on HBO, is a good example of the tension between access and objectivity that filmmakers face in making documentaries on celebrities.

During President Trump's first term, transgender troops were told they needed to be diagnosed with gender dysphoria to keep their jobs. Now, the military is using that to put them on administrative leave.