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Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes participating in women and girls' sports

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who has long coached his daughters' and other girls' basketball teams at school, wrote the court's majority opinion.

Scientists Tamara Swaab (left), Ron Mangun and Megan Peters are all leaving the United States to work in Great Britain, which is actively recruiting international scientists.

After Trump's reelection, these U.S. scientists found jobs in the U.K.

More U.S. scientists are heading abroad. Three researchers explain why they decided to shift their research to universities in the U.K.

Congress has opened up federal Pell Grants to help pay for short-term workforce training, but many programs are struggling to meet the requirements.

'Workforce Pell' kicks off, but colleges find that few programs qualify

July 1 marks the official opening of a program that allows federal dollars to go toward short-term workforce training programs. So far just 12 states have created road maps for colleges to apply.

Mexican Army rescue workers search for people trapped in collapsed buildings after earthquakes struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Sunday, June 28, 2026.

Venezuelans deported from the U.S. were killed hours later in powerful quakes

On June 24, 146 Venezuelans were deported from Texas to Caracas. Hours later, while the deportees were in a guarded hotel, powerful twin earthquakes struck.

Inside the coordinated strategy to radically reshape U.S. immigration

As the Supreme Court today weighs the Trump administration's effort to revoke birthright citizenship, NPR looks at what else the White House has done to curb illegal and legal migration.

A police officer hangs yellow crime tape at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Dec. 13, 2025, during the investigation of a shooting.

U.S. murder rate approaches a record low

A few years ago, experts worried about a "new normal" of elevated violent crime in the U.S. Now the country is flirting with breaking its all-time low murder rate

A nurse waits to be disinfected at the Clinique Universelle, in Bunia, eastern Congo, June 13, 2026. Because of attacks on healthcare workers during the Ebola crisis in DRC, some healthcare workers didn't want to give us their names.

'It takes a lot of courage': DR Congo health workers battle Ebola

In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, frontline health workers are battling an Ebola outbreak with little protection.

Serena Williams walks to the practice courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on June 28, ahead of her Wimbledon singles return.

What to expect from Wimbledon's early rounds and Serena Williams' return

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated about the opening days of Wimbledon and Serena Williams' return.

Brisa Johnson, director of the San Diego Black Worker Center, is seen on stage in this undated photo.

Black History Month 2026: Brisa Johnson on fighting for workers' justice

As part of our Black History Month profile series, we sit down with Johnson, director of the San Diego Black Worker Center, to talk about her lifelong commitment to social justice, music and change.

Students at Hoover High School arrive on campus, Tuesday, to begin the fall semester, in San Diego, Calif., on August 22, 2023.

How to use Voice of San Diego's guide to San Diego schools

Voice of San Diego has released its annual Parent’s Guide to San Diego Schools. We hear what's new in the guide and how parents can best use it. Then, how California's expansion of pre-K is impacting private daycare facilities.

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