Mississippi

In our time, it's easy to shut your mind, driven by fear or misinformation. This year, NPR Music's pop critic found the antidote in music that encouraged exploring.

With air traffic controllers in the news lately, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Emily Hanoka, a former controller who retired earlier this year, about the stresses and sacrifices involved in the work.

A forthcoming inspector general report finds that had intel shared by Hegseth been intercepted by an adversary, it would have endangered servicemembers, according to a source who viewed the findings.

The FDA is urging customers to toss certain brands of grated Pecorino Romano; at the same time, it escalated an existing recall of numerous shredded cheeses.

Lane Kiffin [[KIFF-in]], the head coach at the University of Mississippi, quit just weeks before the college football playoff season begins. To add insult to injury, he's leaving to coach a big rival.

Congress is investigating reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a second strike on survivors of a drug-boat attack, putting the legality of the recent U.S. military campaign under scrutiny.

Ever noticed the somewhat silly names during college football rivalry week? We look into where they came from and why certain names have caught on more than others.

Forty percent of babies in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. Increasingly, those moms are over 30, at a time when teen pregnancy has fallen off a cliff and births are declining for younger women.

The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether federal law prevents states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day. The decision could potentially upend elections in some states.

We look at what Tuesday's vote means to both parties, and how the Supreme Court is looking at President Trump's tariffs. We also look ahead to what's next in the shutdown.