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Online sales have exploded this year, which means an increase in shipping volumes. As the holiday season approaches, NPR discusses how shipping delays may affect small businesses.

Video stores are going nonprofit to survive as community archives, and the latest shop to try it is in Portland, Oregon.

While its jazzy soundtrack has become a holiday classic, it faced opposition from the network that originally broadcast it.

When President Biden gives his State of the Union address, new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will be seated above his shoulder, on the dais.

NPR's Steve Inskeep and Michel Martin discuss the final decisions of the Supreme Court's term with justice correspondents Carrie Johnson and Nina Totenberg and political correspondent Mara Liasson.

Most libraries in our region closed for only a short period during the height of the pandemic, but they kept serving patrons even when their doors closed and continue to find ways to serve.

Educators, school officials and several Florida public school districts, including Broward County, said critical race theory never has been part of Florida’s K-12 curriculums.

If there's no quick armistice in the tariff war launched by President Trump, American consumers will be footing the bill, most economists agree. But if tariffs end, prices might be slow to come back down.

The show, despite a delay caused by the pandemic and brief moments of seriousness, was mostly a highly professional, relentlessly energetic showcase for the pleasure of live music. Plus a few awards.

Ahead of the March primary, local elections officials in Texas are starting to deal with the effects of a new GOP-backed voting law.

The fallout from changes in Georgia's case against Donald Trump. Plus, third parties can make a big difference in this year's presidential race.

The Trump administration canceled humanitarian parole for more than a million immigrants who had entered the country lawfully. In turn, companies have terminated those no longer eligible to work.

When the modern electric vehicle was still in its infancy, drivers worried that vehicles would need expensive battery replacements within a few years. But battery lifespans are exceeding expectations.

Hospitals, a powerful political force in health care, fear lowering the eligibility age for Medicare will cost them billions of dollars because federal reimbursements are less than private insurance.

Nicole Helget's new novel, Stillwater, follows the lives of twins separated at birth — and raised on opposite sides of the tracks. Helget, who is proud to be called a "Minnesota novelist," tells NPR's Scott Simon about the photograph that inspired one of the book's central characters.

Ditching the punchy pop punk of Guts to play with a soft '80s pop and New Wave-indebted sound, her new LP is about the life cycle of her first "real, big girl" relationship. The result is bittersweet.

Having watched many colleagues attacked for speaking up, gamer Latoya Peterson offers a deeply personal review. "I applaud Quinn for ... accepting that she is messy, imperfect and, well: Human."

For the 27-year-old gymnast, who has already won seven Olympic medals, the Games in 2024 are the next stop on her remarkable return to dominance after a two-year hiatus to tend to her mental health.

NPR's program, All Things Considered, debuted on May 3, 1971. ATC creator Bill Siemering and former co-host (then production assistant) Susan Stamberg look back on the iconic first broadcast.

Lyles, the clear favorite, won bronze behind his American teammate Kenneth Bednarek and Letsile Tebogo of Botswana won gold. Lyles said after the race that his positive test came on Tuesday.

When Hurricane Irma changed direction and headed up the Gulf Coast of Florida, it left people in places like Fort Myers little time to prepare.

From 1941 to 1943, J.D. Salinger exchanged letters with a young, aspiring writer in Toronto named Marjorie Sheard. The letters predate Catcher in the Rye, but Sheard may have been one of the first people to learn about its eventual protagonist, Holden Caulfield. Sheard's letters from Salinger are on display at the Morgan Library in New York.

Keeping nursing home patients safe from an outbreak calls for excellent infection control. But government health inspectors found violations at many nursing homes, especially those with fewer staff.

Henri Matisse and Richard Diebenkorn never met in real life, but a new exhibit feels like a conversation between the two artists. Across decades and continents, Matisse influenced Deibenkorn's work.

Every year, the Consumer Product Safety Commission reminds Americans that fireworks are dangerous — with some memorable demonstrations. And seriously, be careful with do-it-yourself displays.