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From Saranac Lake, Emily Russell of North Country Public Radio reports on how families are scrambling to get by as vital aid programs remain frozen.

With the rise of artificial intelligence, the United States is trying to satisfy an unquenchable thirst for new sources of electricity.

NPR's Books We Love guide is available at NPR.org — it's an annual roundup of NPR staff and critics' favorite books of 2023. There are a number of funny books that made this year's list.

Middle school is often a challenging time for students. One Massachusetts school trying to put its credo into every day action: Let go and move on. Students and teachers alike say it's helping.

The Trump administration would like to impose time limits on how long people can get federal rental subsidies, NPR has learned. A handful of places already do it. NPR visited one to see how it works.

A blood circulation disorder called Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, known as POTS, is affecting some people who continue to experience the lingering effects of COVID-19.

A new play, "An Ark", is one of the first to be created and produced for mixed reality. It recently opened in New York, but does the play herald the future of theater?

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died Thursday in a French hospital at age 75. Arafat helped found the Palestine Liberation Organization and dedicated much of his life to fighting for an independent Palestinian homeland. Arafat's funeral will be held Friday in Egypt. He'll be buried Saturday in Ramallah. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden.

Modeled after the groundbreaking feminist health manual Our Bodies, Ourselves, the book details the social, political and medical issues faced by transgender people.

Our brains are filled with billions of neurons. Neuroscientist Sebastian Seung explains how mapping out the connections between those neurons might be the key to understanding the basis of things like personality, memory, perception, ideas and mental illness.