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As a government shutdown becomes more likely, a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows even though President Trump has a low approval rating, just 1 in 4 approve of how Democrats in Congress are doing.

China's jailing of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan highlights a deeper press freedom crisis across Asia.

A $7,500 tax credit is available for the lease or purchase of many electric vehicles — but only if contracts are inked by midnight on Sept. 30. The result: The market for EVs is a little distorted.

Twelve teams will enter October, but only one team will leave (with a ring). You can root for the three franchises that have never won a title before … or you can pull for the Yankees or Dodgers.

Federal workers who took the Trump administration's buyout offer come off the payroll at the end of September. Now some are confronting fear, regret and uncertainty as they figure out what's next.

This summer, the American Association of Orthodontists declared braces have "never been cooler." Thanks to social media, patients are embracing traditional metal braces as a fun accessory.

In Lesotho, a style of traditional accordion music called Famo has become entangled with deadly gang rivalries. Once the soundtrack of shepherds and migrant workers, today it's linked to killings, government bans — and a fight over cultural identity.

Patsy Cline helped create the Nashville Sound, a crossover between country and pop, in the 1950s and 1960s.

The organization educates, trains and prepares Black musicians from across the country for the classical music world.

President Trump says a deal to end the war in Gaza is "very close." NPR speaks with former Palestinian peace negotiator Diana Buttu about Trump's meeting with Israel's prime minister Monday.