29+ min ago   (240+ words) Workers build scaffolding on The Kennedy Center on June 12, 2026. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption On Sunday evening, the Washington Post reported that the Kennedy Center administration told its board that the arts institution is on the brink…...

13+ hour, 29+ min ago   (320+ words) Workers inspect an Amazon cargo plane that overshot a runway four days ago at Miami International Airport, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Miami. Marta Lavandier/AP hide caption MIAMI — Amazon said Sunday that it has suspended its partnership with 21 Air after one…...

19+ hour, 32+ min ago   (449+ words) Electron microscope image of a measles virus particle. (Cynthia Goldsmith/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, via AP, File) Cynthia Goldsmith/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP/Centers for Disease Control and hide caption An official in Pennsylvania…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (272+ words) Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., speaks at the Wisconsin Air National Guard facility at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, July 8, 2026, in Milwaukee. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption A Republican congressman from Wisconsin has described how he and a pilot had to swim…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (160+ words) The Trump administration is proposing new standards for Head Start, the nation's early education program for low-income kids. States would have a lot more control, and that has advocates worried. MARTÍNEZ: Yeah, the administration thinks that losing these regulations could…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1031+ words) Taya Hailstone has been in remission from Hodgkin lymphoma for five years, but the cancer's lasting damage to her organs and nerves can make basic tasks hard. Even so, Montana's health department decided Hailstone is no longer eligible for low-cost…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1613+ words) Police stand in Jersey City, N.J., with One World Trade Center visible in the background as they participate in an event on Friday honoring the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Angelina Katsanis/AP hide caption People who lost loved ones in…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1047+ words) Dr. William Richardson opens the telemedicine portal at his clinic, Choices Women's Center, through which he can see patients seeking an abortion, in his office at the clinic in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. Anna Watts for NPR hide caption…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (255+ words) The FDA has approved a new drug to treat pancreatic cancer. NPR's A Martinez speaks with Adam Feuerstein, who writes for the science and health website STAT. MARTÍNEZ: So it's fair to call this drug a major breakthrough, especially one…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (779+ words) If you thought this summer felt hotter than normal, you were right. Temperatures around the world were unusually warm, surpassing several heat records, including in the U.S. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week announced that for the Lower 48 states,…...