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NPR's Backseat Book Club polled children's booksellers and librarians to find 2012's best books for middle-graders. The winners are a heartwarming city kid's tale, a Chinese folklore-inspired adventure, and an encounter with a 10-year-old you'll never forget.

Protests on college campuses related to the Israel-Hamas War have many Jews nervous heading into the holiday.

As Ruidoso, N.M., recovers from a deadly wildfire, victims of the state's largest fire in 2022 say FEMA still isn't giving them what they need -- despite a $4 billion appropriation from Congress.

“The ship’s owner and manager … sent an ill-prepared crew on an abjectly unseaworthy vessel to navigate the United States’ waterways,” the Justice Department says in its new civil claim.

This year, animals made their marks with encounters that ranged from sad to creepy to cute.

A storm packing heavy rain was sweeping through the Northeast early Wednesday, while winter weather brought tornadoes in the Midwest and South, flood threats in Florida and blizzards in the Northwest.

As Ruidoso, N.M., starts recovering from a deadly wildfire, people who survived the state's largest fire two years ago say FEMA still isn't giving them what they need.

Hurricane Beryl has devastated several Caribbean Islands.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency, about assisting the states dealing with Hurricane Helene's aftermath.

President Trump's actions this week reveal his broad effort to reshape the federal government. And, the new Nation's Report Card shows the pandemic's impact on education nearly five years later.