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Courts are weighing whether some contractors for firms like Uber and Grubhub should receive the rights and benefits afforded to employees — a choice one judge calls an "all-or-nothing" proposition.

"We must be the last families to suffer the loss of a loved one due to a mass shooting at a school," the families wrote. The Florida House of Representatives takes up the bill for a vote Wednesday.

The brains of birds and mice continue to produce new nerve cells in the hippocampus throughout life. But research now suggests the human brain stops doing this around adolescence.

After an abusive childhood in Mexico, Amy's grandfather started telling people he was Italian. He says, “nothing good comes out of Mexico. Nothing."His…

Clocks fell behind following a decrease in the Continent's electrical frequency. An energy official says while Kosovo has taken steps to address the issue, the lag remains.

The brown marmorated stink bug first showed up in the United States about 20 years ago, and has been terrorizing homeowners and farmers ever since. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kathryn Schulz, who writes about the invasive insect in the latest issue of The New Yorker.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mary Lou McDonald, the new leader of Sinn Fein, the Irish political party. McDonald is the party's first new leader in 34 years.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with California Attorney General Xavier Becerra about the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against the state's immigration policies.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Bloomberg reporter Josh Eidelson about the possibility of teachers strikes in Oklahoma and Kentucky, following one in West Virginia that ended with teachers getting a pay raise.

As of this week, many Puerto Ricans have been without power for six months. They've been waiting not since Hurricane Maria, but since Hurricane Irma, which struck two weeks earlier.