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During the pandemic lockdown, more people are digging up treasure troves of historical items. In Scotland, a man with a metal detector found a trove of Bronze Age artifacts including a sword.

Here are some of the best entries in NPR's 2024 College Podcast Challenge.

A Massachusetts Agricultural Disaster Relief Fund would be funded through donations and grants. Farmers told lawmakers they need cash assistance, not a new line of credit or more loans.

Animal shelters are seeing an uptick in overcrowding across the Southern Tier and New York state. The cost of raising and caring for a pet is among several factors contributing to the problem.

After decades of hope and disappointment, doctors have now been able to treat several different types of genetic conditions by giving each patient a healthy version of their defective gene.

Garrett Peterson was born with a defective windpipe and every day he struggled to breathe. Now, thanks to a 3-D printer, his windpipe has been strengthened and Garrett should soon breathe normally.

The school reopening debate is heating up again. The nation's biggest teachers union raised the possibility of strikes if schools reopen without sufficient safeguards. Child care is another issue.

Audiences may have only just learned about a fast-rising country singer during the Republican debate Wednesday night. But "Rich Men North of Richmond" also has ties to extremist narratives.

“We shouldn't have to live in an urban area to receive the highest level of evidence-based care,” says one healthcare worker involved in the project.

Matinicus is a remote island in the outer reaches of Penobscot Bay and lies 20 miles off the coast. But that didn't deter a professional theater company from staging a production there this summer. The history on which the play is based is well-known to many of the islanders. In fact, it's a story about one of their own.