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Some residents of Strafford, Vt., are trying to preserve their general store by buying it and hiring an operator with a promise to keep it local.

Farai Chideya talks with reporter Aaron Glantz about his book How America Lost Iraq, the journalist's firsthand account of how popular support in Iraq for the U.S. invasion slipped away.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Lucy McBride, doctor of internal medicine and podcast host, about managing election anxiety.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with agricultural economist and Kansas State University professor Glynn Tonsor about what President Trump's plan to import more Argentine beef could mean for U.S. producers and consumers.

The largest psychedelic church in America has signed up more than 135,000 members who donate various amounts of money entitling them to corresponding amounts of psychedelics.

A Ukrainian family fled their home and now are stuck on the Ukrainian side of the border with Poland in an endless line.

Renee Montagne watched the State of the Union address with a group in New Orleans. Linda Wertheimer talks to Renee about the family's reaction.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with BuzzFeed culture writer Elamin Abdelmahmoud about the delayed release of Kanye West's album Donda.

The jury in the trial of two men charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in an Oakland, Calif., warehouse fire is beginning deliberations.

Friday night's jackpot was already a whopping $1.35 billion, but since there again was no winner the next one could break the $1.537 billion record set in 2018.

When Bill Hillmann was 19 years old, he read Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. That book inspired him to pursue two dreams: a career in literature and to run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.

Since President Trump took office, hundreds of experts advising on science and research issues have been dismissed. One committee was on long COVID, an issue that doctors are desperate for help with.

By 1974, Steely Dan's two albums had helped established the band as a viable business proposition. With Pretzel Logic, they began a quest for studio perfectionism that would last for decades to come.

Two queer best friends start a self-defense class for girls as a ruse to hook up with cheerleaders in a film that's both a disarmingly sweet love story and a merciless comic pummeling.

On this week's My Unsung Hero, Ellen Wyoming DeLoy tells the story of a train conductor who saved her from potential danger.

There is a lot of TV on deck in the new year – including multiple medical dramas, a violent Netflix drama about Utah settlers in the 1850s, plus, cop shows, Westerns and documentaries.

Officials in New York City are close to approving zoning changes that could increase the amount of housing available. How will this impact housing availability and access?

At Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon, one of the last monastic breweries in the country, brewing beer is a sacred art.

At least 21 people died in floods in Tennessee over the weekend. Such dangerous flash flooding is a hallmark of climate change.

With so many school events canceled because of COVID-19, yearbook editors haven't had much to work with. Here's how one pair of graduating editors chose to document a year of mostly remote schooling.

Rachel Martin, who's in Birmingham to cover Alabama's special election, talks to Eugene Jones, who has owned a barber shop for 45 years. Jones, a Democrat, says his party is missing an opportunity.

Atalas are small butterflies with inky black wings that are speckled with iridescent blue spots, and a bright red body.

Religion scholar Bart Ehrman says that the early spread of Christianity transformed the entire history of the West — for better or worse. His new book is The Triumph Of Christianity.

Aging with HIV comes with an increased risk of other health problems. Failing to get adequate care could undermine fighting the virus. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on June 15, 2024.)

The Israel-Hamas war has complicated Israel's relations with some Arab countries that had begun to formally normalize relations with the Jewish state.