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NPR's Life Kit provides tips on how to make your workplace more equitable for transgender people.

No food for you! The Center for Consumer Freedom is airing a humorous television ad featuring the Soup Nazi made famous on the TV sitcom Seinfeld. The group is encouraging people to take more responsibility for their weight. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne.

Police say an apartment building fire in the Milwaukee suburb of Hartland has killed six people.

An estimated 15 million people are threatened by floods that happen when glaciers melt rapidly. Nepal's Himalayan communities are on the front lines.

President Obama held a year-end press conference Friday at the White House. He touted successes under his watch including improved jobs numbers and a stronger economy, increased oil and gas production, and said a million people had signed up for private health plans on state and federal exchanges. He also chided lawmakers for allowing extended unemployment benefits to lapse. And he took questions from reporters on a range of other issues.

President Clinton has nominated for his national security team in his second term and the issues they will confront.

There are a couple upcoming changes in the Milwaukee County Transit System. This week, seniors and people with disabilities can get free passes. Next…

White supporters of racial justice around Buffalo have watched white nationalist ideologies creep into their communities. They've mobilized to convince people that white nationalism is not the answer.

Twelve people at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were killed Wednesday when 3 gunmen stormed the offices in Paris. Renee Montagne talks to John Irish, a reporter in the Reuters Paris bureau.

With so many people wary of the COVID-19 vaccinations, should the government pay people to get the shots? Some economists and politicians think it might be necessary. Others say it could backfire.