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NPR speaks with writer Kiese Laymon about his new children's book "City Summer, Country Summer," in which three Black boys form a deep connection during one transformative summer in the South.

The U.S. built up a network of institutions supporting public diplomacy and scholarship after World War Two and throughout the Cold War. The Trump administration is dismantling these institutions.

Thousands of people along the Lagos coastline have been evicted by the Nigerian Navy and government in an apparent effort to make way for luxury developments.

Here's what a few plant and gardening experts say it takes to save a dying plant.

The Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team is rebuilding from scratch with a new head coach after losing all their players to graduation or transfer.

"What is it like to be a teen right now?" Young artists explored that question for two different exhibitions of their work this summer. But on the National Mall, their work was deemed too political.

Next week marks 80 years since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Garrett Graff about his book "The Devil Reached Toward The Sky," which recounts the bomb's creation.

The U.S. job market slowed sharply this spring, as President Trump's tariffs took effect. Trump is calling for even higher import taxes in the coming week.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to testify in Senate hearing, Trump's latest pick for Fed board faces confirmation hearing, judge rules Trump administration illegally froze Harvard funds.

The streetcar's crumpled wreckage was still on the downtown road where it crashed Thursday. Officials declined to speculate on whether a faulty brake or a snapped cable may have caused the accident.