NPR News Headlines

At the heart of many election conspiracy theories is a simple truth: America’s voter rolls are imperfect. The U.S. doesn’t have a central voting list. It has a bunch of different lists.

(Image credit: Bill Pugliano)

Severe storms and reported tornadoes swept across Oklahoma early Sunday, causing injuries and widespread power outages, according to authorities.

With the Affordable Care Act once again under fire from Republicans, a leading health care economist explains what a Republican sweep might mean for the health coverage of 45 million Americans.

(Image credit: Wilfredo Lee)

At least 170 Native American, Native Hawaiians, and Native Alaskans are on ballots this fall, an all-time high. But a group tracking Indigenous candidates says more work needs to be done.

(Image credit: Chandan Khanna)

In this week's Wild Card, Kathryn Hahn says she has more control over her choices and is not as afraid to say what she wants.

(Image credit: Frederic J. Brown)

The imprisonment of Reza Valizadeh, acknowledged to the AP by the U.S. State Department, came as Iran marked the 45th anniversary of the American Embassy takeover and hostage crisis on Sunday.

(Image credit: AP)

From voters young and older to the potentially very wide gender gap, here's what to watch for as the election results come in.

(Image credit: John Moore)

What would a McDonald’s be without its temperamental McFlurry machines? We may be closer to finding out.

(Image credit: Gene J. Puskar)

Since publishing Annihilation and the subsequent Southern Reach novels, VanderMeer has become a poster child for fiction confronting climate change. Now he’s back with a highly anticipated prequel.

Casting a ballot after serving in prison comes with joy and pain for the formerly incarcerated, particularly because not everyone has their rights restored after completing their sentence.

(Image credit: Wesley Lapointe)

Bertha Mendoza was one of the Tennessee factory workers swept away in Hurricane Helene's flash flooding. Text messages show a family desperate to save her.

(Image credit: Jeff Roberson)

Vice President Harris is the latest in a long line of politicians to appear on the sketch comedy show over its 50 seasons. In 2015, Donald Trump hosted the show.

(Image credit: AP)

Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump made stops in North Carolina, a state that last went Democratic in a presidential election in 2008, as the campaigns race toward Election Day.

(Image credit: Charly Triballeau)

The casual dining chain, which saw dozens of its U.S. restaurants close this year, said its financial woes stem from the coronavirus pandemic.

(Image credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

The images show a devastating transformation of eastern Spain, where at least 205 people have been killed by flash floods.

(Image credit: Lauren Dauphin)

The party elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing defeat that ended 14 years in power. She is the first Black woman to lead a major British political party.

(Image credit: Alberto Pezzali)

After three decades in Southern cuisine, Lee's next culinary chapter explores Korean American cooking, moving beyond traditional recipes and fusion concepts.

(Image credit: Shuran Huang)

Iran's supreme leader threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies. The Pentagon said Friday that more U.S. forces would be coming to the region.

(Image credit: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)

Even before Election Day, unsubstantiated rumors about voter fraud are beginning to focus on specific public servants and voters, leading to harassment and threats.

(Image credit: Ed Jones)

Sikh activists marched 350 miles across California in October, marking the 40th anniversary of a massacre and calling for protection from what they say is a growing threat — transnational repression from the Indian government.

(Image credit: Mike Kai Chen for NPR)