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NPR's Scott Detrow kicks off National Poetry Month with renowned poet Nikky Finney, winner of the National Book Award for her collection, Head Off & Split.

In the biggest matchup of her life, Iowa's dazzling point guard poured in 41 points to set a NCAA Tournament semifinal scoring record and put her Hawkeyes into the championship game against LSU.

Chicago is on the brink of choosing a new mayor in a run-off election this Tuesday, after incumbent mayor Lori Lightfoot lost in the first round.

Uncharted political waters following Trump's indictment, another mass shooting at an elementary school, and Russia detains an American reporter.

President Biden this week called for the reinstatement of an assault weapons ban, a law that had roots in a 1989 shooting in a California schoolyard. Here's a look at what got that ban on the books.

Sales of super-efficient electric heat pumps are rising in the U.S. But what are heat pumps? And why do some call them a key climate solution?

It's called noma and is a disease of poverty, striking mainly children. Most patients die. Survivors are badly disfigured. Now there's a campaign to add it to the list of neglected tropical diseases

The Novo Nordisk diabetes medication was found to cause significant weight loss in users and has since become a blockbuster drug and very big business.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with actress and singer Teyana Taylor about the new film A Thousand and One, which follows a woman and her son's story for more than a decade.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with former President Donald Trump's lawyer Jim Trusty about his indictment in the Stormy Daniels case.