A state judicial task force is calling for a local court funding overhaul so local judges will have fewer incentives to squeeze defendants for revenue. That is part of a plan to bring courts into a compliance with an 11-year-old Michigan Supreme Court decision that money from fines and fees can’t be used to pay courts’ day-to-day operating costs.

Smith's debut album ushered in a new era of rock and roll. We listen back to Terry Gross' 1996 interview with Smith, plus critic Ken Tucker reviews the new anniversary edition of Horses.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Chris Sununu, president of the Airlines for America trade organization, about how airlines are responding to the FAA's flight reduction order.

The Federal Aviation Administration's order to reduce flights nationwide is set to take effect Friday. The agency says the cuts are needed to keep the skies safe during the government shutdown.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an unprecedented review of routine shots given to kids, alarming public health experts.

The haunting new show from Vince Gilligan, who created Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, is set in Gilligan's now-signature location, Albuquerque.

Competition, whether from overseas rivals or second-hand goods, has kept the price of furniture relatively low. New tariffs may boost U.S. makers — and raise prices.

Here are a bunch of questions about politics and one about bears.

For a decade, political support for Israel has come from conservative Christians. But now isolationism and antisemitism are changing the tone.

There's a lot of talk about how to monitor screen time for kids. But for kids to have healthy relationships with technology and smartphones, parents need to model good habits. Here's how.

The popularity of the word honestly online and in conversation has soared in recent years. TBH, we'd like to know what's going on.