The Trump administration's tariffs are already having an impact on the nation's ports. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Mario Cordero, CEO of the Port of Long Beach, about the effect.

Health insurer Aetna will exit the federal health insurance exchange next year. Forbes contributor Bruce Japsen tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe that will leave around a million people without coverage.

Inspired by tales of the Arabian Nights, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s entire 44-minute “Scheherazade” is today’s colorful Midday Masterpiece.

The cartoonish-looking salamanders have faced an uncertain future in the wild. But researchers hope that breeding axolotls in ...

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has opened up 73 jobs to internal candidates. They include roles just ...

Why is it so hard to find a bathroom when you need one? In the U.S., we used to have lots of publicly accessible toilets. But ...

From free outdoor concerts and dreamy album release parties to wild DIY punk shows, May delivers a soundtrack that’s as ...

California Republicans are increasingly pushing Democrats on child sex crimes bills. The supermajority is growing more ...

Doug Christie gets a longer chance in the role after being hired by new Kings general manager Scott Perry to be the full-time ...

President Trump's federal cuts and scrutiny of academic institutions are forcing some U.S. scientists to head for the border. On today's show, an entomologist keeping America's farms safe from pests ...

Trump signed an executive order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS, accusing the organizations of political bias. And, a federal judge ruled Trump's usage of the Alien Enemies Act was unlawful.