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The once-mighty U.S. Olympic swim team has only won two gold medals so far at the Paris Games. Athletes say the sport has grown more competitive since Americans like Michael Phelps owned the pool.

Container ships use heavy fuel oil called bunker fuel. They’re more efficient than trains, trucks and planes. But bunker fuel is highly polluting, and container ships produce about 3% of the world’s emissions.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with orthopedist Timothy Kremchekan about how artificial turf can exacerbate injuries among high school football players.

How many delegates does each candidate have in the 2024 Republican presidential nomination race? NPR keeps track.

Disaster relief officials push back on misinformation about hurricane relief. Presidential campaigns turn to podcasts. As Israelis remember Hamas attack victims, airstrikes hit Gaza and Lebanon.

The New Hanover County Board of Education unanimously passed the district’s budget on Thursday. Board members agreed that the new information presented by the district helped them decide, including specific numbers on which jobs are currently active, frozen, or will be phased out before the next school year. Board member Melissa Mason was absent from the vote.

The season, shortened by the pandemic, focused not only on basketball but on Black Lives Matter activism.

A brief history of U.S. tariffs: How they came into fashion, fell out of fashion, are now back again and why economists aren't too happy about it.

In an historic Brooklyn cemetery, a death educator and a professional knitter have been holding an event series called "Grieving & Weaving" to help people process loss through collective crafting.

The FBI has released a more detailed timeline of the attempted assassination of Former President Donald Trump. And, how crypto is impacting the primary election in Arizona.