Tens of millions of people are at risk of losing federal food and nutrition benefits due to the government shutdown. Food bank administrators say they are working overtime to meet demand.

Scientists are observing the skies as the comet 3i/ATLAS makes a close flyby of Earth. Gabriel J. Sánchez is a producer for NPR's All Things Considered. Sánchez identifies stories, books guests, and ...

More than 130 people were killed in Rio de Janeiro's deadliest-ever police raid targeting a major drug cartel.

The state stopped issuing new vouchers last December, and nearly 31,000 children were on the waitlist as of September.

Here & Now ‘s Robin Young speaks with two women about the decisions they made. Jesse Sposato has one child, and Dr. Kimya Dennis chose to be childfree and is a sociologist and criminologist who ...

As climate change reshapes the Blue Ridge Mountains, the iconic brook trout is in decline. Here & Now ‘s Scott Tong speaks with Grist and Blue Ridge Public Radio reporter Katie Myers.

Fasher, in Darfur, to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Now warnings are mounting of a second genocide as mass killings ...

Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson talks about growing pressure to end the 29-day-long government shutdown, as ...

Trump wants Beijing to curb exports of chemicals that make fentanyl in exchange for a lowered tariff rate with China. Xi's expected to push Trump to weaken U.S. support for Taiwan.

Disability advocacy organization New Disabled South is sending one-time cash payments to disabled SNAP recipients in southern states. About 30% of SNAP recipients are disabled or elderly.

Austin Tice was captured and detained in 2012 by the Assad regime in Syria. Tice is the longest-held American journalist ...

Here & Now's go-to book expert Traci Thomas of "The Stacks" podcast admits she's a scaredy cat when it comes to horror books.