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Forty percent of babies in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. Increasingly, those moms are over 30, at a time when teen pregnancy has fallen off a cliff and births are declining for younger women.

A new podcast from The Texas Newsroom explores the discovery of a cemetery in Sugar Land, Texas.

The declines many school districts reported last year have continued, an NPR investigation finds. What educators don't know is where those students have gone.

We answer key questions about COVID tests: What types are there? Should you self-test right after exposure to someone with COVID? And what should you do if you test positive?

When English-language music was banned in 1982, Spanish-language groups found an opportunity.

Unlike the friendly but fictional food faces of Betty Crocker, Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben, Chef Boyardee — that jovial, mustachioed Italian chef — is real. His great-niece, Anna Boiardi, shares family recipes and stories in her new book, Delicious Memories.

About halfway into her pregnancy, Karla found out her fetus had a severe genetic anomaly. As she grappled with an uncertain prognosis, she was up against North Carolina's 20-week abortion limit.

As we wrap up this year, we look back at an eventful year through the lenses of NPR member and affiliate stations. We asked photographers to share memorable events they covered throughout 2022.

More than a million women in Bogotá, Colombia, do unpaid family caregiver work full-time. The country has launched a groundbreaking program called "Care Blocks" to ease their burden.

From across the country, NPR member station visual journalists have documented events in their states and cities. These images represent some of the year's most remarkable stories.