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The top lawyer on the National Security Council didn't show up Monday at the House impeachment inquiry into President Trump. He was the point person for concerns about a call with Ukraine's president.

Hamburg, Iowa, got through the last big flood on the Missouri River years ago by adding to the top of the levy. But federal officials ordered it removed and the town flooded last week.

Florida voters will have the chance to enshrine abortion rights into their constitution. Iran blames Israel for an embassy bombing that killed a top military commander.

NPR's A Martinez talks with Republican strategist Liam Donovan about former President Donald Trump's tightening grip on the Republican National Committee.

As voters arrived at the polls in Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach County and the Florida Keys — many at the wrong location — they told WLRN issues like affordability, education and the environment were top of mind, as well as simply exercising the right to vote.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Sports Illustrated journalist Jon Wertheim about the opening days of Wimbledon.

FAU's Board of Trustees voted to extend Interim President Stacy Volnick's contract through the end of 2024 — or until a permanent president is named. Support is growing for Volnick to be named to the top job, as the school's search process remains halted by a state investigation.

Global temperatures soared past previous records in 2023, according to new data from the European Union. Nations must slash fossil fuel emissions to avoid even higher temperatures, scientists warn.

Millions of people are struggling with the record high costs of renting or buying a home. That's made housing a top concern for voters.

Every year, the town of San Antero celebrates the hardworking pack animals that haul crops and supplies for farmers who can't afford trucks or motorcycles. There's even a donkey beauty pageant.

Meza Malonga, a restaurant in Rwanda's capital Kigali, serves innovative Afro-fusion cuisine. Chef Dieuveil Malonga opened it in 2020, after years of working in high-end European restaurants.

In a desolate stretch of Nevada, teams have been competing all week to break speed records for human-powered locomotion. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with one of this year's competitors, Lizanne Wilmot.

Analysis of the motivations — and implications — of the United Arab Emirates, a top producer of oil, hosting this year's United Nations climate summit.

A proposed bill in the Dutch parliament would force universities to conduct more classes in Dutch, rather than English.

College football playoffs resume on Thursday with the first semifinal game. Notre Dame takes on Penn State in the Orange Bowl. On Friday, Ohio State plays Texas in the Cotton Bowl.

Many of the most-borrowed books in 2024, including 'romantasy' titles and memoirs, also appeared on public library lists in 2023.

In a recent op-ed, law professor Victor Fleischer accused top universities of "hoarding" billions and billions of dollars. And Gladwell, a New Yorker writer, agrees — in much harsher language.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the United Nations' top humanitarian official Stephen O'Brien about his recent trip to Syria. "This will be a lost generation," O'Brien says of conditions there.

The HHS Secretary nominee has said he'd like to end subsidies for junk food and sugary drinks via federal programs such as SNAP, which, at $100 billion a year, is the U.S.'s top anti-hunger program.

Working-class youths invented the steel drum in the 1930s by banging dents in the tops of discarded oil drums to create notes. Today, steelpan is Trinidad's de facto national instrument.