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Shelltown neighbors gather for a hot meal at the home of Beba Zárate (left) on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Donations to be distributed to flood survivors pack her carport.

How food and community are helping a San Diego neighborhood recover from floods

In the months after the January floods, San Diego's Shelltown community has come together to help those who were impacted.

Robyne (left) and her son Zander, 17, talk about new challenges to military families with trans kids near San Diego, Dec. 20, 2024.

San Diego military family reacts to loss of gender-affirming medical coverage

This year's defense spending bill, signed by President Biden Dec. 24, strips gender-affirming care coverage for military dependents under age 18.

The war in Sudan has taken a toll on the country's medical profession -- interrupting medical education and driving doctors out of the country. Above: 36-year-old doctor and Sudanese refugee Yassin Ishag Dawod is now a refugee in Chad; above, he gets an intravenous drip ready while attending a patient in the Farchana refugee camp.

They were going to be doctors. Instead, they had to dodge bombs and flee war

The war in Sudan has taken a toll on the medical profession. Health workers have fled the country, and those seeking to complete their medical education are finding it an increasingly impossible task.

Three puppies sleep at the home of Animal Rescue Resource Foundation's Dana Mikel, Jan. 17, 2024.

San Diego County dog shelters ask for fosters, adoptions amid nationwide overcrowding crisis

San Diego County animal shelters have a lot of dogs and not enough people to adopt or foster them.

Zebrafish larvae through a microscope in a laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Paris in 2023.

Tiny fish on ketamine may show how drug eases depression

In zebrafish, ketamine causes changes a brain circuit involved in "giving up." That may help explain how the drug helps people with depression.

Cinema Junkie toasts the best of 2023

Plus, 10 Best Lists from Midday Movies critics.

What America's top economists are saying about AI and inequality

Planet Money attended the annual meeting of American economists — and the most popular topic this year was artificial intelligence.

The flag-draped casket bearing the remains of former President Jimmy Carter lies in the Capitol Rotunda during a memorial service at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 7, in Washington, D.C.

U.S. leaders honor former President Jimmy Carter's legacy of service and citizenship

Speaker Mike Johnson and Vice President Harris eulogized the 39th president at a U.S. Capitol Rotunda ceremony, and he will now lie in state until Thursday.

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden step off Air Force One in New Orleans on Jan. 6, 2024.

Biden creates 2 new national monuments, but bad weather delays the announcement

The White House says President Biden will officially announce two new national monuments next week. Wildfires in California forced changes to his plans for Tuesday.

Finding missing items isn't a matter of "looking harder." There's an art and a science to it.

How to quickly find something you lost: 10 clever and practical techniques

NPR readers share their best methods for finding missing objects — from tiny screws to lost wallets. One favorite tip? Use a good flashlight.

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