NEW YORK — Manhattan's Upper West Side has been reveling in the company of its latest celebrities: A family of barn owls nested in a water tower atop a building near Central Park.

Campaign ad spending has topped $10 billion this election cycle, as voters struggle to afford groceries and gas.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Spanish filmmakers Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo about their new film, La Bola Negra.

Authorities say the 16-year-old suspect in a school shooting that killed three children and one teacher at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon was once a student there.

Chuck Lorre is responsible for many sitcoms in the last decade or so, "The Big Bang Theory" and "Two and A Half Men" among them. NPR's Scott Simon talks with him about his new memoir, "Sitcom." ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth often cites scripture and has criticized "secular humanism" in the military. Now he's launched an Office of Religious Affairs to directly oversee chaplains and report to ...

The major party candidates for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat faced off in an hourlong debate Friday on MPR News with fraud, affordability and fallout from the Trump administration's policies as key ...

NPR's Ukraine correspondent reflects on President Zelenskyy's tough week and her interview with him about his relationship with Trump, Washington's dealings with Russia and the future of his ...

Rescuers in Indonesia have saved dozens of orangutans from wildfires. The critically endangered species is fighting for their lives and habitats during this deadly wildfire season.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with southern rock/punk/folk musician Lee Bains III about his time away from music as a laborer and his new book of poetry, "Work Lunch." ...

We look at where things are in the deal President Trump says he made to import Russian diesel, plus the reason why the Justice Department is suing California.

NPR has learned that $86 million in teen pregnancy prevention funds meant for local grantees nationwide is instead going to a single large contractor with ties to the Trump administration.