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This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. About two weeks after giving birth, Bridget María Chesterton was curled up on the bathroom floor, saying things that made little sense. Later, in the emergency room, she kept repeating, “What’s going on?” She’d lost touch with reality.

Florida's summer heat can be dangerous at any age. But as we get older, our body's built-in defenses against that heat begin to change. We may sweat less, feel thirsty later—and some commonly prescribed medications can make it even harder to stay cool. Florida Storms meteorologist Leslie Hudson explains why the warning signs of heat stress may be easier to miss as we age.

Updated August 24, 2026 at 9:04 PM EDT The Supreme Court has given President Trump an interim win in his effort to restrict mail-in voting. But with the start of voting for this fall's midterm elections just weeks away, legal and practical challenges loom over whether the U.S. Postal Service and other federal agencies can finish carrying out Trump's directives.

Updated August 24, 2026 at 7:32 PM EDT The documentary American Doctor is an intimate and unflinching look at the decimated healthcare system in Gaza under Israeli assault. The film follows three American surgeons on medical missions to the Palestinian territory and documents them treating wounded men, women and children.

Storms developed Sunday afternoon as the sea breeze interacted with the heat. The storms came packed with thunder and lightning, as all thunderstorms do. Scattered showers and thunderstorms develop again this afternoon and evening with similar evolution as yesterday. Storms first fire over inland areas and spread to coastal areas later in the day. An isolated severe storm or two is possible. High temps in low to mid 90s.

NORFOLK, Va. - At a virtual town hall meeting, Navy families who abruptly evacuated from Bahrain six months ago had many questions. They said they still aren't getting enough answers. NPR has reviewed a recording of the meeting, along with a full list of questions the families were asking Navy officials. The families left Bahrain on short notice with few possessions shortly after the U.S.-Iran war began.

Did school vaccines — and whether they should be mandated for attendance or made easier for parents to reject them — just get injected into the race for Florida governor? With five months left before he's term limited out of office, the administration of Gov.

When Pennsylvania Attorney General David Sunday laid out details about an alleged drug ring that funneled kilos of cocaine to students at Penn State University, the case raised specters of the 1980s when coke was a popular party drug among young Americans. "Cocaine was often packaged at the fraternity houses and the packaging was done by fraternity brothers and oftentimes pledges," Sunday said at a press conference August 17, where he confirmed 14 people had been arrested.

NORFOLK, Va. - At a virtual town hall meeting, Navy families who abruptly evacuated from Bahrain six months ago had many questions. They said they still aren't getting enough answers. NPR has reviewed a recording of the meeting, along with a full list of questions the families were asking Navy officials. The families left Bahrain on short notice with few possessions shortly after the U.S.-Iran war began.

To create the molecules we need to help us grow food or make fuel, we rely on chemical reactions — and lots of energy. One scientist may have a "brighter" approach, controlling chemistry with light. Copyright 2026 NPR