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Since the war in Gaza began last October, life has gotten harder for Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. One of the crucial ways: access to water has gotten significantly worse.

Vice President Kamala Harris will be selecting her running mate soon. NPR's Michel Martin spoke with James Hamilton, who helped vet VP candidates for four democratic presidential candidates.

In an interview on NPR's Wild Card podcast, Melinda French Gates reacts to her ex-husband, Bill Gates, being mentioned in the most recent release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Donald Trump will face sentencing on July 11 -- just days before Republicans convene in Milwaukee to nominate him for president for the third election in a row. So, what happens now?

Three weeks ago, we began a discussion of the United States Supreme Court’s recently completed term. We discussed a few of the decisions, notably homeless sweeps – those sweeps began with a new gusto in this city, and the governor wants similar homeless sweeps carried out throughout the state – and presidential immunity.Needless to say, plenty to talk about this yearIn response to the decision of presidential immunity, and alleged bias and conflict of interest involving two of the more active justices, President Biden wrote an op ed in the New York Times, calling for term limits, specified terms such that justices are appointed on a regular basis, a code of conduct and conflict of interest legislation.With another year of activisim, politics, a few surprises, we again find ourselves once again asking, “what’s next?”YLR host, Jeff Hayden is joined by Ben Feuer of the Complex Appellate Litigation Group, Anne Voigts from King & Spalding and James Brosnahan one of the nation’s most revered trial lawyers and author of the book "Justice at Trial."Questions for Jeff his guests? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Grocery prices are stabilizing, but many Americans still feel a financial sting at the grocery checkout aisle.

At a hospital in Charlotte, N.C., military doctors serve alongside civilian doctors. It's a model some hope will improve medical care in peace — and wartime.

Speaker Mike Johnson is voicing optimism that the House can quickly bring an end to the partial government shutdown, but he is dealing with a razor-thin majority and a restive GOP caucus.

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell signaled that he's increasingly confident inflation will soon be tamed, and that he and his colleagues will soon cut interest rates to avoid hurting the job market.

In Minneapolis, some immigrants who have not gone to work because they fear being detained by ICE are at risk of eviction. There's a growing number of grassroots efforts to provide rent relief.

KALW DJ Wonway Posibul's dream of warming up the crowd at Stern Grove will come true soon. He talks about opening for Chicano Batman and gives KALW's Jenee Darden advice for her first Stern Grove concert.

In Uchenna Awoke’s debut novel, we come to understand that 15-year-old Dimkpa’s choices are painfully constricted by the caste system into which he was born.