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This secretive conclave to elect the next pope is being held in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. What's it like inside and how is it outfitted for this particular gathering?

NPR's A Martínez talks to McKay Coppins of The Atlantic about how a hedge fund, Alden Global Capital, is buying and then gutting newspapers — and the implications for democracy.

Sydney Peterson is among the U.S. athletes heading to the 2026 Winter Paralympics. A neuroscientist in training, Peterson is studying movement disorders, similar to her own condition.

Here are some of the best entries in NPR's 2025 College Podcast Challenge.

The director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives speaks out about mass shootings and what his agency is doing to help solve violent crimes.

The signing ceremony marked the most concrete step yet in Trump's effort to establish the board, whose final composition has yet to be confirmed.

The U.N. Development Programme is helping clear debris and rebuild infrastructure in Gaza. NPR speaks with Jaco Cilliers who helps lead the project.

With 90% of building damaged or destroyed, no funds and unexploded bombs buried beneath debris, Gaza faces immense obstacles as it begins the first steps toward reconstruction.

A new study warns that 200 million more people 69 or older will be at risk of dying in heat waves by 2050.

For the residents of Brownsville, Texas, the national spotlight often accompanies an increase in border crossings. But life goes on here, with or without the media attention.