An Afghan woman evacuated to the U.S. finds herself stuck in a system called Humanitarian Parole. What is it, and what does it mean for her future?

Back-to-school spending reached another record this year, while other spending is giving some indications of how Americans feel about the economy.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with researcher Joe Johnson and musician Jake Blount about the new Library of Congress guide to African American banjo music resources in its collection.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Carlos del Rio of the Emory University School of Medicine about updated recommendations for prescribing and insuring drugs that prevent HIV.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Jason Bordoff of Columbia University about the climate goals set by big oil companies and how they are failing to meet them.

A gunman in Jacksonville, Florida killed three black people before taking his own life in a murder spree police say was racially motivated.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Adil Ashiq from the maritime intelligence firm MarineTraffic {sic} about how a historic drought is causing huge delays at the Panama Canal.

The next hearing in Special Counsel Jack Smith's case against former President Trump, at which a trial date may be set, is Monday.

Natural disasters are intensifying and happening more often. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with former FEMA administrator Craig Fugate about the agency's role in the worsening climate crisis.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks horror writer Joe Hill for some spine-tingling summer reading recommendations.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with ProPublica reporter Alec MacGillis about the relationship between social media and an increase in gun violence, often resulting in homicides, among young people.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Reuven Blau, reporter for The City news website, about violence between inmates and guards at New York City jails.

We bring you the latest on the final match of the 2023 World Cup, between England and Spain.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Sudan scholar Alex DeWaal about the current political crisis and fighting in Sudan.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Esra Barlas Yücel, a researcher at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, about Fermilab's most precise measurements of the muon particle's magnetic wobble.

Scientists at University of California Berkeley have recreated a Pink Floyd song using previously recorded brain waves. In the process, they've learned a lot about how the brain processes music.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with actor Lío Mehiel and writer/director Vuk Lungulov Klotz about their movie, "Mutt."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Ken White, a former federal prosecutor who now works as a criminal defense attorney, about the racketeering indictment against Rudy Giuliani.

According to Maui County, over 3,000 students have been displaced from their schools by the devastating wildfires in West Maui. With the school year just starting, parents are unsure what to do.

Southern California may be hit by its first tropical storm in decades. We'll have the latest.