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From tracking down a turkey to sharing a piece of home with new friends, Americans living overseas share how they celebrate Thanksgiving.

Jimmy Santiago Baca began writing poetry while he was serving a five-year sentence in prison. His new anthology tells the story of his journey to becoming a celebrated Chicano poet.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton of Massachusetts about divisions within his party over the shutdown deal in the Senate.

The district is taking students and parents to truancy court to find the most hard-to-reach families in the midst of a national absenteeism crisis.

In 2005, two Chicagoans made a generational classic and then sprinted in opposite directions, each daring the rest of hip-hop to follow them.

The state news agency Xinhua said the quake had a magnitude of 6.2. It reportedly damaged water, electricity, transport, communications and other infrastructure in the mountainous region.

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio won a second term Tuesday in a race where he was forced to defend his support for Donald Trump and turn back suggestions he…

On March 5th, conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic return to the Hollywood Bowl to launch the second season of their virtual concert series, Sound/Stage.

Three adults were killed in an apparent murder-suicide on Christmas Eve while four young children were inside the home, authorities in Lakeland said.The…

Pigeons have a bad reputation. But London's Pigeon Air Patrol is monitoring pollution levels. A flock of racing pigeons equipped with sensors launched this week. The results, naturally, are tweeted.

China's society is aging quickly, straining public welfare and healthcare systems. Fearing the state may not be able to help them when they grow older, more young Chinese are turning to private pension funds.

Bad policing can get expensive when it leads to lawsuits and settlements. For smaller cities, that can lead to serious pressure to change things from the people who help foot the bill: insurers.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Monica Hesse of the Washington Post about the cultural conversation around Ariana Grande after she appeared extremely thin in a recent music video.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with author and journalist Jonathan Cohn of The Bulwark about the politics surrounding the future of the Affordable Care Act.

Three migrant children who lack legal status are expected back in school this week in Sackets Harbor, New York. The kids and their mom were detained during a raid last month on a dairy farm in the small town near the US-Canada border. The family was released following protests and a bipartisan lobbying effort.

On "Florida Matters," we run down the grocery list of how inflation and big changes to SNAP benefits are affecting Tampa Bay families and beyond. Plus, a pediatrician talks about healthy school lunch options.

Sebastien de la Cruz sang the national anthem at a second game of the NBA Finals after his first performance spurred a flurry of racist tweets.

Music critic Tom Manoff says you needn't spend a fortune on classical music CDs for holiday gifts. Hear his top picks for inexpensive classics, from renaissance masses to 20th-century guitar concertos.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with film director Jon Chu about his new memoir Viewfinder. Chu is best known for his 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians.

NPR's reporters on the choices and challenges of writing obituaries.

For nearly a century, Daniel Woodrell's hometown of West Plains, Mo., has been haunted by a dance-hall explosion that killed dozens of the town's young people in 1928. Woodrell explores the disaster — and his Ozarks roots — in his new novel The Maid's Version.

Matthew Alexander, a pseudonym for the author, was a military interrogator in Iraq who rejected previously used harsh techniques. He writes about how his team hunted down two key al-Qaida operatives in Kill or Capture.

For too long the Old English poem has long been perceived as a "masculine text," says Maria Dahvana Headley. Her new adaptation is told from the perspective of Grendel's mother.

About 300 Americans a year give a kidney to a complete stranger. Researchers have studied the brains of these very generous people, and say they may feel others' pain more than the average person. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on November 28, 2024.)

Improv comedy classes are part of the training medical residents at Minnesota's Mayo Clinic receive. It's an effort to help doctors learn early how to improve relationships with patients.