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Like the U.S., Iowa's birth rate is declining. But immigration to the state is helping to sustain its population.

The Halloween Episode is a talent-rich Des Moines emo band that’s been playing shows around Iowa since 2020. Their much-anticipated debut full-length record, Feels Like Hell to Me, premieres this Halloween with a listening party at HiFi Brew Lounge in West Des Moines.

The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings.

Young teens who use cannabis are more likely to be frequent users than people who start later, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. They are also more likely to seek care for health problems.

Israel's military said the ceasefire in Gaza resumed after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight that killed 104 people, including 46 children, according to local health officials.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

We Can Do Better, a book of speeches and letters, share's Johnson's messages of our shared responsibility to care for the earth. Then, how Riverside Iowa became the future birthplace of Captain Kirk.

IPR's James Kelley shares his investigation into Flock surveillance cameras. Then, legal scholar Megan Graham on the legal limits of surveillance.

Republican Fourth District Congressman Randy Feenstra is officially running for governor. Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek says President Trump’s tariff policies are causing a “farmageddon” in rural Iowa. And, Sen. Chuck Grassley says supply prices are squeezing farmers.

Officials are assessing the damage after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5. And, how the government shutdown is impacting air traffic controllers.