Author: NPR News

Emmitsburg is home to the National Fire Academy, effectively the war college for U.S. firefighters. The Trump administration’s decision to halt classes has some townspeople pondering their votes.

The prison on a forbidding island off San Francisco was operated at a prohibitive cost. Now, President Trump says it’s time to substantially enlarge and rebuild Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary.

In Chad, they’re a key force in addressing the country’s high rate of maternal mortality. But U.S. aid cuts have affected their salaries.

A study from the American Journal of Psychiatry suggests that psychotherapy is becoming more accessible to people. The study looks at trends in mental health treatment from 2018 to 2021.

Harvard researcher Ari Ne’eman says the policy shifts underway under the Trump administration pose a unique threat to people with disabilities, but that they’ve fought for rights before and won.