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Anthony Comstock pushed Congress to crack down on what he saw as harmful vices, such as pornography and contraception. An 1873 law named for him has appeared in recent court battles over abortion.

Ukraine relies on billions of dollars in aid from the U.S. to keep services running during the war. The way Ukraine spends the money is strictly monitored. The U.S. wants to bolster that transparency.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Amy Howe, co-founder of SCOTUSBlog, about the Supreme Court case Groff v. DeJoy, to be argued on Tuesday. It involves religious liberty and employment accommodations.

New York City's police department is calling in the robots, recently showing off high-tech gadgets including four-legged "Digidogs" to work alongside officers. But some New Yorkers think it's creepy.

Host Elissa Nadworny speaks with NPR music journalist Stephen Thompson about new albums from Feist and Black Thought.

Fierce fighting has spread outside Sudan's capital, Khartoum, and across the country, as the forces of two warring military leaders battle for control.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Washington Post reporter Emma Brown about the paper's reporting that found for years, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas claimed income from a defunct real estate firm.

Frank Marchand is a plumber who fits his busy work schedule around chemotherapy treatments. He says he wouldn't have it any other way.

Public health officials say wastewater surveillance could help them track trends for many kinds of diseases - from COVID to polio - but only if they can keep the testing system going.

An exhibition in Washington, D.C., features some 75 works — paintings, photographs, videos and installations — reflecting on displacement and relocation. Many of the artists are immigrants themselves.