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Disaster costs fell in the U.S. in 2025. Still, it was the fourth time in five years that extreme weather inflicted more than $100 billion in annual losses. Industry experts say the growing financial toll will make insurers wary of rushing to cut rates.

High oil and gas prices are hitting some New England families hard. The cold winter, followed by the rising cost of home heating oil due to the war in the Middle East, makes it hard to pay the bills.

President Trump's changing messaging, Congress' unprecedented demands and the Justice Department's piecemeal release of information haven't quieted the questions. Here's what we know — and don't.

As Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi prepares for her first White House visit, President Donald Trump calls for Japan and other allies to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz.

For a sense of the future of indirect talks between the U.S. and Iran, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Robert Malley, former U.S. envoy to Iran.

Cesar Chavez, the late farm workers labor organizer and Latino icon, has been accused of inappropriate sexual behavior with young women and minors.

Harrison Ford says he isn't retiring: "I really wouldn't know what to do with myself." David Bianculli reviews a the Peaky Blinders film. Spufford's new novel is set during the London Blitz.

The USS Boxer, carrying thousands of Marines, has left California and will reach the Persian Gulf in about three weeks. This, as the energy crisis pushes the Trump administration to lift sanctions on Iranian oil stranded at sea.

The global oil trade is remarkably flexible. But key solutions that should be able to address the current oil crisis – like reserves, alternate routes, and boosts in production — are constrained.

Health officials with the Trump administration have backed away from an effort to more heavily regulate indoor tanning — despite protests from medical groups that warn of the dangers of skin cancer.

NPR critics share their hopes and predictions for the 2026 Academy Awards, which air on Sunday.

The Pritzker Prize was awarded Thursday. "In every work, he is able to answer with radical originality, making the unobvious obvious," said fellow Chilean architect and prize chair Alejandro Aravena.