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Americans are being inundated with messaging about a surge in crime rates. But the reality is more complicated.

Stories about crime are rife with misinformation and racism, critics say

We've heard again and again that crime is rising. But the reality is far more complex, in part because of how we define crime in the first place.

Pat Vorman looks in on a fitness class at San Diego Oasis, where she exercises to keep her "heart and mind" young. Aug 11, 2022.

How biological age can determine your 'healthspan'

A study of accelerated aging shows that a person’s biological age may be very different from what is says on your birth certificate.

From rapping to raising goats, you've got some wonderful hobbies

We asked NPR readers and listeners to share what they're really into and why it brings them joy. If you need a new hobby, here are a few unconventional ideas.

Residents of London enjoy some shade on Tuesday, as the United Kingdom recorded its hottest temperature ever.

Why 100-degree heat is so dangerous in the United Kingdom

"We're used to treating hot spells as a chance to go play in the sun," said a top government scientist. "Our lifestyles and our infrastructure are not adapted to what is coming."

White flags are seen in September 2021 near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., as part of a project to memorialize the lives lost to COVID-19 in the United States. Advocates are seeking an enduring memorial.

As U.S. COVID deaths near 1 million, advocates press for a memorial day

Millions of people in the U.S. have lost someone they love to COVID-19, and advocates hope to have those losses marked each year on the first Monday in March.

Jarvis Jones and John Knight help distribute free bottled water at the Sykes Park Community Center in Jackson, Mississippi.

Avoiding the tap water in Jackson, Miss., has been a way of life for decades

Residents accuse the largely white state government of neglecting the needs of a city that's 82% Black. White flight in the 1970s devastated the tax base, posing a major challenge to any solution.

Undated photo of families between the U.S. and Mexico border is captured above. In 2011 Border Patrol partially reopened Friendship Park, allowing up to 25 people at a time to visit with friends and families across the international boundary. This vision of friendship between the people of both nations will be extinguished with the closure of Friendship Park.

New Biden border wall plans would put an end to Friendship Park

The iconic park in the San Diego borderlands was the only way many cross-border families were able to see each other.

A teacher walks through an empty classroom at Hazelwood Elementary School in Louisville, Ky., on Jan. 11.

How social-emotional learning became a target for Ron DeSantis and conservatives

Florida officials recently rejected a slew of math textbooks, claiming they included "prohibited topics." Journalist Dana Goldstein theorizes the objections related to social-emotional learning.

Transgender inmates who don't get proper gender-affirming care in prison can experience serious anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation. One individual said the experience was "catastrophic."

Trans inmates need access to gender-affirming care. Often they have to sue to get it

Lawyers and health experts, as well as incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, say getting gender-affirming care in prison often comes only after threats of lawsuits or a full legal fight.

'Goodnight Moon' has comforted kids at bedtime for 75 years

Since its publication on September 3, 1947, the book has lulled children around the world to sleep with its dreamy tradition of bidding "goodnight" to everything in the "great green room."

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