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Montana courts have upheld trans peoples' rights to change gender on their birth certificates and participate in college sports. Conservative leaders accuse the courts of bias toward Democrats.

A gunman shot and killed seven people in Half Moon Bay, Calif., last night. Authorities have arrested 67-year-old Zhao Chunli, whom they believe to be the shooter. They say he is cooperating.

Two undocumented immigrants died and ten more were hospitalized after 15 people were found suffocating in a shipping container in South Texas.

Heat is dangerous for the many people with common conditions like diabetes or heart disease. And vulnerable communities face greater exposure to heat and fewer resources to escape it.

Research shows young people are more likely to splurge on treats than older generations, in part due to social media.

In Las Vegas, the city's homeless residents are among the most vulnerable to illness and death from the scorching weather.

When his doctor told him he had just 12 to 18 months to live after his cancer metastasized, Doug Ruch decided to devote his remaining time to doing community service in all 50 states.

The Congressional Gold Medals for Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley come 50 years after the black girls were killed by a Ku Klux Klan bomb. Just as the federal recognition is long in coming, so was justice.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell, who this week became the Democratic candidate running for Congress in Missouri, besting U.S. Rep. Cori Bush.

Families that live in cities with big homeless populations face a difficult conversation: how to talk to their kids about people they see sleeping on the streets.