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A Kansas resident is pressing state lawmakers to legalize raccoons as pets. He says they're smarter and friendlier than people give them credit for.

Cardinal Robert Prevost made his first speech as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, shortly after being elected pontiff. This is a transcript of the speech, translated from its original Italian.

The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump, despite an ongoing fight over the institute's control.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., about growing calls among Democrats to begin impeachment proceedings.

In 2012, Laura Eshelman was in the middle of a mental health spiral. One day, after being rejected for yet another job, she encountered an unexpected unsung hero.

NPR spent months on the trail with the candidates, but you don't have to. Catch up here.

A book recounts how precious works of art thousands of years old were taken to safety as Japan began its invasion of China in the 1930s — a part of China's history largely unknown outside Asia.

As a third pandemic school year draws to a close, new research offers the clearest accounting yet of the pandemic's academic toll.

A pop critic looks at two benefit shows in Nashville that put a rainbow-hued spotlight on the way a buzzword like "visibility" can become more than symbolic, especially in moments of crisis.

Mass evacuations continue after deadly Maui wildfires. The Supreme Court agrees to review a controversial bankruptcy case involving Purdue Pharma. Wary of Belarus, Poland to send troops to its border.