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As consumers rebel against plastic waste, there's a growing question: Do we invent something people can toss without harming the environment or do we change people by giving them a chance to reuse?

This moment of economic uncertainty could drive more Americans to buy used. But experts say secondhand stores won't be immune from tariffs either.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Inside Story host Lawrence Bartley about the series, created by formerly incarcerated people, for audiences inside and outside the system.

While Abu Dhabi police did not immediately offer any suspects, Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for an attack targeting the United Arab Emirates.

MIT professor and author Joshua Bennett speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his new memoir and cultural history book, "The People Can Fly: American Promise, Black Prodigies, and the Greatest Miracle of All Time."

The science is nascent and a little squishy, but researchers are trying to better understand ASMR — a feeling triggered in the brains of some people by certain soft sounds and gentle gestures.

Petitions for compassionate release soared in the pandemic, but federal judges denied most requests. This week officials will review guidelines aimed at freeing imprisoned people who pose no threat.

President Trump wants to expand laws that allow courts to intervene when someone shows signs of pending violence, and lawmakers are getting behind the idea. But are these laws effective?

"You must leave now," thousands of Americans from Puerto Rico to Oregon to Florida, Montana, Texas and beyond were told, as floods, fire and wind threatened their lives. Some said no.

There have been at least 20 deaths in ICE custody in 2025, the deadliest year since 2004. As the agency is ramping up hiring and increasing detentions, concerns remain about how to stop the trend.