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The $600 million project is scheduled to open Friday. It has been in its construction phase since 2017 and has been delayed numerous times.

An Orthodox Jew, the singer-songwriter ran into trouble trying to tour in support of a major-label release without performing on the sabbath or high holy days. That and slow sales nearly killed Clare's career, but it got a reboot from an unlikely benefactor: Microsoft.

Bibí Ferreira can channel Piaf and Sinatra in a heartbeat — and, six decades into her career, the actress and singer continues to captivate audiences on stages around the world. Betto Arcos caught up with Ferreira in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of her trip to New York for a performance at Town Hall.

Election 2016 isn't quite over yet. Louisiana voters will soon pick a new senator, and Republicans are trying hard to make sure they hold onto the seat.

Asthma accounts for two million emergency room visits a year, with September being the peak month for attacks that send children to hospital emergency rooms. The National Institutes of Health is encouraging doctors to create asthma action plans with young patients.

Michael Phillips is a 36-year-old Tampa resident who enjoys Starbucks coffee, watching movies and hanging out with his friends.

Medical schools across the country are reporting a record increase in first-year Black students. (This report originally aired Jan. 15, 2022 on Weekend Edition Saturday.)

Mobile homes built before 1994 can't withstand the kind of ferocious winds of a major hurricane. In Florida, there are thousands of these older homes that crumble during big storms like Ian.

After Zohran Mamdani's win in New York, many are asking if charismatic, progressive mayors can save the Democratic Party. Looking at Michelle Wu's record in Boston, along with Mamdani's campaign, offers some insights into what is energizing voters.

The latest in a prolific career, Busta's new album is a sequel — delivered 22 years after the first Extinction Level Event — and a characteristically big, ambitious project.

Elizabeth Acevedo's new novel in verse follows two sisters who don't know they're sisters and who discover each other and have to build a relationship when their father dies in a plane crash.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with author Ann Beattie about her latest book Onlookers.

She's hugely popular and comes across as something of a smart aleck, but the children's author says she retains the timidity of her youth. She says that helps her connect to her young readers.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Wall Street Journal reporter Sara Randazzo about how Johnson & Johnson ended up at the center of the first big trial in the opioid crisis, which opened Tuesday.

There was as much drama off the field with major new contracts, a police altercation and some key injuries.

The U.S. Open Cup is the country's oldest national soccer competition, and it's coming to an exciting finish. Insiders say Sacramento's run is an indication of the growth of the men's game in the U.S.

The women's soccer coach of Team Canada, Bev Priestman, and two other staffers were suspended by FIFA for a year related to the use of drones to spy on an Olympics opponent.

Today we’re catching up with the co-hosts of America’s Test Kitchen. It’s the PBS cooking show that teaches us which cooking equipment and recipes are worth our time and money.

The new season of the NPR podcast Rough Translation focuses on the growing divide between civilians and the military. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to the podcast co-host Quil Lawrence.

Travis Decker, an Army veteran versed in wilderness survival, had been missing since the bodies of this three young daughters were found at a Washington state campsite in early June.

Since 2004, brother and sister Luz and Jorge Muñoz have fed day laborers in Queens, N.Y. Since he was young, Jorge has looked for ways of putting food in the hands of those who needed it.

Shaharzad Akbar of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission says the viciousness of killing schoolgirls was especially devastating. She wants women present in peace talks.

Netflix's new show Inventing Anna tells the story of how a magazine journalist unraveled the real-life saga of con artist Anna Sorokin, who posed as a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey.

The Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal is shaking up more than the House leadership. Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) steps down temporarily as chairman of the House Administration Committee after being named in Abramoff's guilty plea agreement. Ney insists he's done nothing wrong, and that he was pushed to quit his chairmanship by Republican leaders trying to limit damage from the Abramoff scandal. While Republican officials are portraying this as a bipartisan scandal, Abramoff is widely seen as the Republicans' problem.

Unusually heavy rains. Toxic smog. A poisoned river in the capital New Delhi. India's rapid development has left it with many environmental challenges, on top of erratic weather from climate change.