Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor fared through a peak weekend for tourism with the park open, but many facilities inside it unstaffed.

Humans can genetically modify plants and animals to be more resilient to climate change and disease. But the scientific community is divided about whether the tool should be put to use in nature.

After weeks of confusion over vaccine guidance, new federal recommendations say COVID-19 vaccines are available for everyone ...

Fall means giant pumpkin contests in some places. At the Topsfield Fair in Massachusetts, we meet the next generation of competitors and their mentors.

Multiple airports across the U.S. are refusing to play a Department of Homeland Security video blaming Democrats for the government shutdown, with some saying it violates the Hatch Act.

Southern food writer John T. Edge turns the lens on his own family in his new memoir, House of Smoke: A Southerner Goes Searching for Home.

A group of volunteers in West Virginia makes sure preschoolers in areas with no libraries or bookstores get books to read.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dr. Hagai Levine, head of the medical team for the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, about the road to recovery for hostages just released from captivity.

About 10% of this Utah city's population works for the IRS, and when federal workers stop getting paychecks, impacts are felt quickly and broadly.

Applied physicist Iker Zuriguel studies the movement of particles and people to optimize their flow and improve public safety.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben about their new thriller, Gone Before Goodbye.

Some Justice Department officials are following President Trump's directive to prosecute his perceived enemies. For those targeted, mounting a criminal defense against the government can be expensive.