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A toddler wandered away from home in Arizona and many feared the worst after seeing mountain lions during their search. A ranch dog found him and guided him to safety.

This summer, the American Association of Orthodontists declared braces have "never been cooler." Thanks to social media, patients are embracing traditional metal braces as a fun accessory.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe hears the latest on the shooting from Gulf States Newsroom reporter Drew Hawkins.

Chicago is hosting this year's International Jazz Day. NPR's A Martinez speaks with Nate Chinen, who is covering the event for Philadelphia's WRTI jazz station.

In the second installment of our book series, "Back Story," Steve Inskeep talks with author Bonnie Jo Campbell. Her latest book, American Salvage, is a short story collection that explores the lives of people at the bottom of American society.

In her new book, Rachel Howzell Hall introduces Elouise "Lou" Norton, a fiercely ambitious homicide detective who patrols the same Los Angeles streets that she — and Hall — grew up on.

The virus took the world by storm. It was declared a "public health emergency of continental concern." What's the current status? With the U.S. aid cuts, one doctor says, "We're flying blind."

Is Santa real? Will you ever die? Children ask questions that can induce knee-buckling panic in adults. NPR's Life Kit and Sesame Workshop have research-tested strategies to help you with the answers.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with freelance reporter Melanie Eversley, who covered Capitol Hill for years. Eversley remembers Sen. McCain for the warmth and respect he showed the press.

The latest on the Iran war and the growing oil crisis across the Middle East from Dubai, Iraq, Lebanon and Israel.

A special day can be tinged with sorrow when your partner has dementia. But then he found the perfect gift.

The United States is one of a handful of countries, and the only wealthy nation, without a national paid leave policy.

Buffalo parents and kids — Black and white — talk about the grocery store shooting and how they're handling their grief.

The Labor Department says the U.S. economy lost more than a half-million jobs in November. It was the steepest drop in nearly a quarter-century. Figures show that 533,000 jobs were lost last month, pushing the unemployment rate to 6.7 percent. That's a 15-year high. It's proof that the recession, already a year old, is getting deeper.

Co-editor Chimene Suleyman says she doesn't want to wait for other people to decide who's a good immigrant. She wants immigrants to answer that question for themselves.

World Health Organization director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who escaped an Israeli airstrike in Yemen, says Gaza's health crisis is indescribable and is calling for a ceasefire.

In his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong lovingly describes characters who worked together in a Connecticut fast food restaurant.

President Trump signed a bill to compel the release of the Epstein files. NPR's A Martinez asks journalist Vicky Ward what stands out to her from what's been released so far and what could come next.

Fans exulted in New York City after the Knicks won the team's first NBA title in more than five decades.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Joseph Westphal, former U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, about the current state of limbo for countries in the Gulf Arab States.

California has returned land to a Black family after it was seized decades ago. The story of Bruce's Beach highlights the loss of generational wealth and property that's happened across the country.

Evidence shows that giant bear is getting a bad rap. And local officials say they're getting so many calls about him that it's affecting their ability to take emergency calls.

Since its first survey in 1877, Egmont Key has lost more than half of its land mass. While some worry that losing the island would be an incalculable loss to Gulf Coast Florida’s cultural heritage and ecological resources, others believe the best way to manage the island is to let nature run its course.

Scientists are using the Mojave Desert to test robots for the next space age.

A new TV drama starting next month follows a Florida sugar-cane dynasty of Cuban-Americans. The cast of Cane went through extensive coaching to make sure their accents sounded Cuban, not Puerto Rican or Colombian — because audiences increasingly know the difference.