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NPR's Scott Simon speak with Eugenia Sweeney, the daughter of Jimmy Sweeney, who was an early unacknowledged influence on Elvis Presley. We also talk with music historian Christopher Kennedy.

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers keep seizing land in areas where Palestinians have lived for generations. The conflict even reaches caves in remote corners of the territory.

Astroworld Festival calls to mind other rare but traumatic incidents at concerts and festivals throughout the last half-century. Here's a timeline of those tragedies.

Many slipped across the border as the war began, but lack passports or other official forms of ID. They struggle to prove their eligibility for humanitarian aid — and to cross into other countries.

They're often paid low wages and lack job protections. A petition to the country's supreme court to support their demands did not see success — and they are protesting.

The new program did work for millions of families. The idea was that people would be encouraged to find work if they knew their monthly checks would end, but instead, some have been left high and dry.

There's finally been a fix to the "family glitch" that made marketplace health plans sometimes unaffordable. And although premiums are rising, subsidies are too, and more people are eligible.

Kabul fell to the Taliban close to two years ago, but desperate Afghans continue to flee, even taking the dangerous route into the U.S. across the Mexican border. Here's the story of one such family.

Tuesday’s debate between the current vice president and former president was a clear contrast from the June debate that forced President Biden from the race.

It's called parametric insurance, it offers protection for climate-related wage losses and it's gaining ground in India.