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It’s been 100 years since the 1924 Immigration Act was signed into law. It shaped the U.S. immigration system and established racial quotas.

NRP's Michel Martin talks to author Carole Hopson, who's written a book about Bessie Coleman, who in 1921 became the first Black woman to get a pilot's license. The book is called: "A Pair of Wings."

As the West braces for excessive heat, the Phoenix Fire Department is rolling out a new protocol to treat heat stroke patients -- putting them in a bag filled with ice.

On Saturday afternoon, a memorial service was held at NPR headquarters for longtime Morning Edition host Bob Edwards. Here's a bit of what his colleagues said.

How much further would a second Trump administration go on immigration? We hear what Trump's record and statements say about that.

"It has been an incredibly tough couple of months for our entire family," the Princess of Wales said in a video filmed in secret and released Friday.

Iris, whose webcam has 20,000+ followers, has hatched chicks for the first time in five years. She's one of the worlds oldest known osprey, age 28, despite feeding from a giant superfund site.

The incident is reminiscent of one in September, in which some 200 pilot whales died after a pod stranded itself on the remote west coast of Tasmania, off Australia's southeastern coast.

Leonard Riggio transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.

Why is South Carolina important in the primary race?

UN groups have run out of food in Rafah and say the same could happen within days in other parts of Gaza, while a new pier built by the U.S. struggles to get aid to Palestinians under siege.

Jails are more dangerous than the outside for people with mental health and substance use disorders.