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From Montego Bay to Miami, sargassum is leaving stinky brown carpets over what was once prime tourist sand. But whether it gets ignored or removed, it comes with high health and environmental risks.

Thousands of migrants are expected to cross the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum, creating tension and uncertainty for towns and migrant centers.

It will be expensive to remove asbestos from the Normal Public Library. Estimates range from $3.5 million to more than $5 million if other improvements are done at the same time.

Latinx comedians with non-English routines have largely been relegated to restaurants, bars and other spaces where Spanish already dominates. But a new generation is changing that, one show at a time.

17-year-old Georgianna McKenny is the high school grand prize winner in NPR's fifth annual Student Podcast Challenge.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, to get his reading on Saturday's events in Moscow.

The fate of the private military company is unclear, especially after it was credited with delivering Russia recent gains in the country's war against Ukraine.

New recordings of old jazz performances at Baltimore's now-closed Famous Ballroom are being released for the very first time.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela about their new album, which features a full orchestra.

Study after study shows women seen as overweight or obese often earn less at the workplace, an unfair bias that's been hard to reverse. However, men don't seem to face that penalty.