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Talking about death makes many of us uncomfortable. NPR's Life Kit offers tips for starting an advance directive to prepare for a good death. (Story aired on All Things Considered on July, 12, 2020.)

Episodes from the 1980s cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe are now available on DVD. Slate contributor Sam Anderson offers a remembrance of his favorite childhood show -- a cartoon so bad, it's good...

A data center in DeKalb, Illinois, is the testing ground for a new sustainable concrete. Is this greenwashing or can new mixtures contribute to reducing the construction industry's carbon footprint?

Hurricane Wilma crashed ashore early Monday as a strong Category 3 storm, battering southwest Florida with 125 mph winds and pounding waves as it began a soggy march across the peninsula.

NPR surveyed medical schools to find out how much they depend on money from the drug industry.

A nine-month-long federal racketeering trial involving the tobacco industry ended Thursday. Judge Gladys Kessler now will decide whether big tobacco comanies conspired to hide the dangers of smoking. In closing arguments, Justice Department lawyers asked the judge to impose marketing restrictions on cigarettes.

European Union leaders are gathering in Brussels for a two-day summit that will address problems with the organization's budget. The meeting is occurring two weeks after France and the Netherlands rejected a proposed E.U. constitution

Britain leads Europe in two minutes of silence for the 53 people killed in last Thursday's attacks on London's transportation system. Traffic and business came to a halt -- along with subways and rail lines. Last week's attacks are seen as suicide bombings -- the first in Western Europe.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove's role in leaking the name of CIA operative, Valerie Plame remains undefined. Reports describe Rove as tacitly confirming her identity to a reporter before the story was published. A federal grand jury investigation is continuing.

As the Tour de France rolls into the mountains, American rider Lance Armstrong has surrendered the lead. NPR's Alex Chadwick gets an update from John Wilcockson, who has covered the Tour de France for almost 40 years.

Police and soldiers storm homes, schools and synagogues in several Gaza settlements, in a bid to evict diehard opponents of the Israeli withdrawal. Israeli media reports say more than 40 people -- mostly police and soldiers -- were injured.

Randy Weaver, who was at the center of a standoff with federal agents decades ago that continues to inspire antigovernment and paramilitary sentiment on the far right, has died at age 74.

Several not-quite-right claims have continued to linger about abortion since the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

With inflation over 8.5%, it's perhaps time for a long-ignored investment option to shine: the I-bond. It's a U.S. Treasury savings bond, and its interest payments are linked to inflation.

The war in Ukraine has forced millions of people to flee their homes. Some refugees in Poland however are now starting to return home.

Attorneys for the state and online-industry groups plan to go to the U.S. Supreme Court in a battle about a 2021 Florida law that would crack down on social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter, according to new court filings.

A Baptist preacher has become the unlikely leader of a social media movement that's inspired Zimbabweans to protest against their authoritarian ruler and the collapsed economy.

We have the latest on the Golden State Warriors and Washington Capitals' wins.

The Trump administration's policy of separating parents from children illegally entering the U.S. has drawn much criticism. Scott Simon talks with former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.

Ah, college — the classes, the parties, the debt. Is it still worth it? While most schools have seen enrollment declines during the pandemic, there's been a jump in applications at "elite" schools.

Speakers in Washington called on senators to act to pass stronger gun control measures. The rallies come after the shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas.

The city-funded program would connect renters with local agencies that can offer legal help, housing services and rental assistance amid the ongoing affordable housing crisis.

Police arrested the suspected gunman at the scene of an attack that shocked many in Japan, which is one of the world's safest nations and has some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere.

Public feedback on Pinellas County’s roads show 60% of comments addressed unsafe driver behavior, while 36% of community input mentioned speeding.

Aiden McCarthy's parents, Kevin and Irina, both died in the shooting, which left five others dead and more than two dozen wounded.