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NPR's A Martinez talks with 19-year-old Taylor Bergmann of Hunt, Texas, about how he and his family escaped his home as the floods came in on July 4

The search for a woman who is believed to have fallen into a sinkhole in western Pennsylvania is moving into a recovery effort after two days of searching produced no signs of life, authorities said.

The Senate has passed a budget blueprint that may give momentum to the GOP tax overhaul. NPR's Melissa Block talks to economist Stephen Moore at the Heritage Foundation about the plan.

Gavin Grimm was a high school student in Virginia when his local school board denied him access to the boys' bathroom. His case has stretched for years; now a federal judge has decided in his favor.

Michelle Smith, a women's basketball writer for ESPNW, offers a preview of Tuesday's NCAA women's basketball final.

Sad news from the sports world: UNC coach Dean Smith passed away Saturday night. Mike Pesca of Slate.com's The Gist podcast tells NPR's Rachel Martin what kind of coach Smith was.

The nonpartisan organization with millions of members 50 and older is making the issue a top priority.

Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would gradually increase Florida’s minimum wage to $15 an hour have topped the required number of...

The policy, meant to discourage the smuggling of contraband into prisons, was to have gone into effect next month.

The Huskies are the only unbeaten team in the tournament and are aiming for their 12th national championship. The other No. 1 seeds are Notre Dame, Louisville and Mississippi State.

Top political reporters open their notebooks and look ahead to the week in Washington.

During the weekend's slopestyle competition, Finnish snowboarding coach Antti Koskinen was casually knitting at the top of the course.

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is facing blowback again, this time after standing by a top aide accused of domestic violence. Is Kelly’s time up?

The Federal Trade Commission says around one-third of financial exploitation complaints last year came from seniors. One of the top complaint reported...

The charges have been expected since an internal report blasted Spanier and other top university leaders for their handling of of sex abuse accusations against Jerry Sandusky.

The charges are on top of those against many of the same people stemming from the scandal over the hacking of the phones of crime victims, celebrities and members of the royal family.

U.S. student loan debt tops $1 trillion, and young people face disproportionately high unemployment. Writer Joel Kotkin points to these numbers when he claims the millennial generation is getting the short end of the stick. Kotkin speaks with host Michel Martin about what he calls the "screwed generation."

The idea of "green" roofs -- covering the tops of buildings with plants, trees and grasses -- is as ancient as Mesopotamia. Touted as a solution to pollution and other environmental problems, they're increasingly showing up around the country. NPR's Ketzel Levine reports.

The Harry Styles song has managed to stay No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 15 weeks. That's a feat topped by only three other songs in history.

The top commander in Iraq testifed about the status of the year-long "surge," on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.