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If history is any guide the winner of the Democratic primary will become the city's next mayor after November's general election.

The importance of religion in the lives of Americans is on the decline. That's according to a new report from the Public Religion Research Institute.

Nearly 6,000 independent artists submitted to this year's Tiny Desk Contest. Meet the Utah band that rose to the top.

Ice jams on the Kuskokwim River flooded Red Devil and Crooked Creek over the weekend. By Monday morning, the jams may be backing high water up into Napaimute as the ice front reaches Aniak.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is trying to lead an effort to craft groundbreaking legislation to install safeguards around artificial intelligence. But lawmakers have a lot to learn.

Americans rank poorly on many health outcomes compared to other countries. The new series Living Better explore ways to change that.

President Biden will be the second sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, the site of the first atomic attack. He is going there for a meeting with G-7 leaders.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Na'Kya McCann, host of the podcast "Embedded: Buffalo Extreme," about the racist attack in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 14, 2022.

Funeral directors in 15 states can now offer "water cremation," in which bodies are dissolved in a chemical solution. Some see it as more eco-friendly and less traumatic than consumption by flame.

Florida businesses could soon be required to use the E-Verify system for their employees to make sure people have legal work permits. There's fear the move could hurt labor intensive industries.