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When two Colorado mountain towns considered steps to transition local homes and businesses away from fossil fuels, they ran into a powerful opponent: their local gas utility.

Teen movies like She's the He, Girls Like Girls and Leviticus are all turning tropes on their heads by centering queer characters.

Taking drops of a medical dye is trending in wellness and biohacking circles. Some influencers claim it boosts longevity and brain health. Scientists say the hype has gotten ahead of the research.

A U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly confirmed to NPR that the Pentagon has ordered some 2,000 soldiers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division to deploy to the Middle East.

Loud explosions shook Kyiv for hours during the night, with many people sheltering at subway stations. Emergency crews were digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings in search of victims.

From inflation, to credit card debt, to who's actually doing the spending: These are key takeaways from this week in economic news.

The number of abortions is up in the United States. Is it because fewer people are using birth control pills?

Patients may think their insurers are fighting on their behalf for the best prices. But saving patients money is often not their top priority. Just ask Michael Frank about his hip surgery.

Guyana, one of South America's poorest countries, is under severe threat by rising seas. That had made it a champion of climate action, but it all changed when ExxonMobil found oil off its waters.

Read an exclusive excerpt of Allen Salkin's new history of the Food Network, From Scratch. It's an affectionate but unsparing look at a scrappy little startup network that became a national broadcasting behemoth — and brought people like Emeril Lagasse and Rachael Ray into millions of homes.