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Are smartphones safe for tweens? Parents should be aware of the risks, a screen consultant advises.

So your tween wants a smartphone? Read this first

When's the right time to start your child with a phone? Is 12 too young? Here's what a professional screen time consultant tells parents about the risks kids face online.

Planning a long-haul flight? Here's how to outsmart jet lag

Wondering how to prepare for sleep disruption? Should you take melatonin or other sleep aids? Here's answers from researchers and seasoned travelers — including NPR's international correspondents.

U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger, pictured here at a press conference on Monday, said Tuesday that search and rescue crews had covered an area the size of Connecticut in their search for the missing sub Titan.

Here's the latest on the missing Titan submersible and the race to rescue passengers

The Titan, a minivan-size submersible, was carrying five people to the Titanic's watery grave when it lost contact. The vessel has enough oxygen to keep its passengers alive for about 40 more hours.

Barges were stranded by low water levels along the Mississippi River in October, driving up shipping prices and threatening crop exports and fertilizer shipments. Scientists at the University of Memphis expect more dramatic swings in water levels on the river due to climate change.

Republicans plan more attacks on ESG. Investors still plan to focus on climate risk

Investors still view climate change as a serious financial risk. But Republican attacks could have a chilling effect on the kinds of actions they're willing to take to deal with the problem.

A customer walks by a "Now Hiring" sign posted in front of a store in Novato, Calif., on April 7, 2023. The labor market remains red hot. That's great for workers, but it's bound to reinforce concerns about high inflation.

The U.S. added 339,000 jobs in May. It's a stunningly strong number

Employers added a whopping 339,000 jobs in May, far above expectations, according to a report from the Labor Department on Friday. The unemployment rate rose to 3.7%, from 3.4% in April.

City of Poway City Hall is seen in this photo taken June 7, 2023. Poway, Calif.

Poway City Council votes to advance homeless encampment policy

The Poway City Council Tuesday night voted unanimously to advance an ordinance that would allow authorities to abate homeless encampments.

Floodwater surrounds a house on Sept. 01, 2021, in Jean Lafitte, La. Hurricane Ida made landfall as a powerful Category 4 causing flooding and wind damage along the Gulf Coast.

10 states and scores of local governments sue FEMA over higher flood insurance rates

The states — from the Gulf Coast, the West and Midwest — along with dozens of municipalities are trying to block rate hikes under the National Flood Insurance Program.

Michael Luttig, a retired federal judge who was an adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, testifies at a Jan. 6 committee hearing in June 2022.

He followed strict rules as a judge and wants Supreme Court justices to do the same

Retired federal Judge Michael Luttig says he wouldn't even accept baseball tickets in his years on the bench: "I believe that federal judges should essentially live like priests or saints or monks."

Adidas begins selling off Yeezy brand sneakers, 7 months after cutting ties with Ye

The German firm is selling shoes created with Ye (formerly Kanye West) before his antisemitic remarks led to termination of the deal in October. Some of the proceeds will go to anti-racism nonprofits.

The Supreme Court and its conservative majority "has been using unsigned and unexplained orders to a degree and in ways which really have no precedent in the court's history," professor Steve Vladek says.

The Supreme Court and 'The Shadow Docket'

A relative rarity until the Trump administration, in just four years, his Trump Justice Department asked the court for emergency relief an astounding 41 times.

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