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Florida's Senate passed a bill Tuesday that aims to limit discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signaled support for the legislation.

Burn pits in Afghanistan and Iraq. Vast piles of U.S. military waste set alight, pouring smoke into the air that U.S. soldiers would breathe. Why were they ignored for so long?

Payments from the child tax credit were closing the gaps on child hunger and poverty. But Congress failed to renew it. Now families who need it most have already slipped back into financial trouble.

The new collective bargaining agreement must be approved by both sides before it becomes official. Baseball would return on April 7 if it's accepted.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Ned Price, spokesperson for the State Department, who says Russia is accusing U.S. and Ukraine of preparing biological weapons.

The Sacklers, who own Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycontin, have maintained they did nothing wrong. People who lost loved ones and years of their lives to opioid addiction believe otherwise.

A new report finds global energy related carbon dioxide emissions rose 6% last year to an all-time high. The report from the International Energy Agency means bad news for the world's climate.

Russian airlines are primarily only flying domestically. More than half of Russian planes are leased from companies in the West, which now must terminate those contacts and repossess the planes.

Emilio Delgado, who spent decades entertaining children playing Luis on Sesame Street, has died. His was the longest-running role for a Mexican American in a TV series. Delgado was 81.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to ambassador David Scheffer, who was the first U.S. ambassador-at-large on war crime issues, about whether Russian can be held accountable for targeting Ukrainian civilians.