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In an aerial view, an electric vehicle charges at an EVgo electric charger on March 30, 2026, in Monrovia, California.

One year after the end of the EV tax credit, is the future still electric?

Congress got rid of a $7,500 federal tax credit for new electric vehicle buyers. One year later, are people still buying EVs?

Voters arrive before casting their ballots at a polling location in Arlington, Va., on April 21. "This is my 22nd year [running elections]," one Colorado election official told NPR. "Absolutely, this is the most uncertain."

Americans are confused and worried about elections. Will that impact turnout?

New polling shows many voters are concerned about the midterms. But prior elections show no clear link between voter concerns and fewer voters actually casting ballots.

Drugs are widely used to sedate dementia patients. Her sons wanted to keep her off them

Potent sedating medications are often used on agitated people with dementia in long-term care facilities despite federal efforts to discourage them. A clash over whether to drug a Michigan woman illuminates the wrenching decisions families and guardians face.

Bobbie (left) and DeForrest Williams hold a portrait of their son, Christian Williams, at their home in Buckeye, Ariz. Christian died at age 15 of diabetes complications while in a residential foster care program.

They were promised protection. Instead, these kids with disabilities died in foster care

Disabled kids make up the largest group in foster care. They have the worst outcomes. They stay in foster care longest. They're the most likely to die.

Sheryl Crow performs in Nashville on Aug. 19, 2026.

Sheryl Crow says she's found 'great liberation' in not chasing the next hit

After selling tens of millions of records worldwide, the singer-songwriter says she's finally aged out of pop music — and she's OK with that. Crow's latest album is Pick You Up.

Mercedes Morán stars as Ema, an antisocial doctor who can see and communicate with ghosts.

She can communicate with ghosts. Here's what she learns from the 'Sad Dead'

My Sad Dead is about an Argentinian doctor who can speak with ghosts. The Spanish-language miniseries blends creepiness, melancholy, sarcastic humor and political anger unlike anything else on TV.

Bobcat on a trail wildlife cam in New Hampshire.

Three men plead guilty in scheme to poach, sell over 40 bobcats from NH

The federal charges are the latest chapter in one of the biggest poaching cases in recent New Hampshire history.

Roughly two-thirds of Vermonters support a statewide ban on large data centers, poll finds

Proponents say data centers could provide a path for industry to pay for needed upgrades to the local electric grid. Opponents say they suck up resources and send money out of state.

Students cheer during a school walkout to protest federal immigration enforcement at the state Capitol on Jan. 14 in St. Paul, Minn.

As some states try to show ICE the door, others put out the welcome mat

After ICE federal agents killed two U.S. citizens in Minnesota, the divide between states on either side of the immigration enforcement debate is growing wider.

Protestors call for the release of Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to CECOT prison in El Salvador before the administration of US President Donald Trump admitted he was sent there due to an "administrative error," at a protest in Los Angeles, California, on May 1. Since the protest, Abrego Garcia was returned to the U.S. and has been in federal prison awaiting trial for human smuggling charges.

Federal judge says Abrego Garcia can be released on bail. That doesn't mean he will be

A federal judge in Tennessee ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be released on bail while he awaits trial on human smuggling charges. But ICE has indicated it may arrest him if he leaves prison.

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