On this week's "My Unsung Hero:" In 2014, Wil was being treated for major depression at an inpatient mental health program. One day, his therapist issued a challenge that renewed his sense of purpose.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Jacobs of UC Santa Barbara about how pregnancy reshapes the brain, the subject of a study out this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

The music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested late Monday night in New York and indicted on federal charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.

A growing number of migrants from around the world are reaching the U.S. via charter planes. The Biden administration accuses these charter companies of collaborating with global smuggling networks.

Hanif Abdurraqib, the recipient of a MacArthur “genius" grant, said he just wants to be known as a good neighbor. He spent periods of his youth incarcerated and living on the streets in Ohio.

A window screen company in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is trying to help workers stay out of medical debt by opening a clinic where care and prescriptions are free.

Over the past two years, millions of fossils have been found beneath a Los Angeles high school. Paleontologists say the finding is notable for its size and diversity.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with actress Gillian Anderson about her new book, Want, which is a compilation of women's anonymous, sexual fantasies from all over the world.

A NASA mission launching in October will send cameras and other scientific equipment to see, among other things, whether ...

The Federal Reserve is gearing up to start cutting interest rates for the first time since 2020 -- but a key decision looms: whether to start small or big.

An apparent synchronized attack on pagers used by Hezbollah members. Lebanese health authorities say at least nine people were killed and more than 2,700 wounded.

The apparent second assassination attempt of Donald Trump is stirring concern about growing political violence in the U.S.