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Texas Democrats walked out of the state House of Representatives to block the passage of new restrictions on voting. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Democratic Rep. Chris Turner about the move.

COPA America is one of the biggest and oldest soccer tournaments in the world, but it's been hard pressed to find a country to host it during the global coronavirus pandemic.

Texas Republican State Rep. Travis Clardy talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about where things stand with the state's restrictive voting bill after a Democratic walkout quashed the measure.

The White House wants to pay farmers for carbon in their soil. Sequestering carbon on farms is straightforward, but benefits are hard to measure. Some worry about creating another subsidy.

A handful of people trying to establish a "trans and queer haven" in rural Colorado say their neighbors are continually harassing them. Critics say they're overstating that to solicit donations.

About a half mile off the Appalachian Trail in Shenandoah National Park, Stephen Rust is having dinner near a fire with a group of hikers. Rust, like many…

Several states — including Ohio, California, Colorado and Maryland — have created vaccination incentive programs to get more teens and adults fully immunized against the coronavirus.

After February's deadly power outages, new legislation would mandate winterizing parts of the state's energy system. But lawmakers took a pass on major market reforms to make the grid more resilient.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Arik Rudnitsky, a researcher at the Israel Democracy Institute, about the fast approaching deadline to form a coalition government in Israel.

Millions of women who lost their jobs in the pandemic have yet to return to work, even though the economy has improved. What's keeping them back is a mix of factors that may not be resolved quickly.