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The Paris Olympics opening ceremony wowed Parisians, fans and most everyone who was able to catch a glimpse of thousands of athletes floating down the Seine to officially begin the Games.

For years, powerful farmers in California's Central Valley fought for more water from the state's rivers. Now some are changing course, because there's no more water to be found.

In a new book, former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe explores how to fix the gridlock in Congress. Earlier this year, the Republican from Maine left the Senate out of frustration with the partisan stalemate. "It has to change, for the country," she says. "People deserve ... better representation."

Author Mara Altman got tired of hiding her hairy, sweaty self from the world, and set out to reframe the shame in her latest book of essays — part memoir, part scientific exploration, part manifesto.

Renia's Diary spent decades in a safe deposit box before being published this week in the U.S. It was written by a Jewish teenager in Poland before she was murdered by the Nazis.

'Wait Til I Get Over,' an homage to Jones' hometown of Hillaryville, Louisiana, paints a deeply nuanced portrait of Jones and of the Southern customs that raised him.

Alexandra Tanner's debut novel, Worry, centers two sisters in their 20s struggling with the love, anxieties and truths that they hold about each other.

November 19 is World Toilet Day, created by the U.N. in 2013. At issue: Billions of people do not have access to a safe toilet. But how do you get the world to pay attention to this forgotten problem?

Conservatives criticize the president's language on terrorism, including his approach to Muslim nations and communities. But Obama has, on several occasions, pointed to Muslim leaders to do more.

Ron DeSantis held a rally in Naples on Tuesday, October 29, campaigning against amendments 3 and 4. His comments on Amendment 3, the legalization of recreational marijuana, call into question the honesty with which he is representing the amendment to his supporters.

Immigrants contribute tens of billions of dollars a year more to Medicare than immigrant retirees use in medical services, an analysis finds. Restrictions on immigration could deplete Medicare's finances.

"To continue to apply that level of force to a person proned out, handcuffed behind their back – that in no way, shape or form is anything that is by policy," said Chief Medaria Arradondo.

Brigid Schulte and her husband planned to have an equal partnership. But years down the road, "I realized that we had both fallen into very traditional roles without even realizing it," she says.

Sarah Hepola's memoir Blackout is filled with stories that are both funny and tragic — about how she'd drink to excess, and then try to piece it all together the following day.

With just over 3% of Canadians fully inoculated against COVID-19, a growing number of America's northern border states and communities have stepped up to offer them excess doses.

Hurricane Katrina highlighted America's poverty and class division crisis. Some say raising the minimum wage is a logical first step toward change. Two experts examine a potential minimum wage increase: William Spriggs, senior fellow at the Economic Policy Institute, and Barbara Ehrenreich, journalist and author of Nickel and Dimed and the new book Bait and Switch.

The Biden administration is planning to announce new sanctions on Russia in response to the horrific scenes of alleged war crimes in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha.

Pacific Palisades resident Adria Kloke shares her experience of fleeing the wildfires in California on Tuesday.

Venezuelan opponents and U.S. officials were predicting his demise years ago. But Nicolás Maduro and his Socialist Party remain firmly in power.

For more than a dozen years, Steve Lukather has been the lead guitarist in Ringo Starr and the All Starr Band. And, he says, it’s the gig that has probably meant the most to him.

Spring is starting to come forth across the country... slowly in some places, too quick in others. Debbie Elliott discusses changes in the season with Bruce Stutz, author of the new book Chasing Spring: An American Journey Through a Changing Season.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Jonah Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, about Nikki Haley's path forward following a weekend loss to Donald Trump in the South Carolina Republican primary.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, after President Trump visited her state Wednesday.

Our Pop Culture Happy Hour team shares their TV and movie recommendations for the Thanksgiving holiday.