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As 2020 rang in, there were inevitable promises to diet, exercise and save money. Poet Kwame Alexander shares a community poem of audience-submitted couplets inspired by broken New Year's promises.

On Tuskegee, country artists like Tim McGraw help re-imagine the ballads that made Lionel Richie famous.

Author Ingrid Rojas Contreras was forced to relearn the supernatural legacy of her family when faced with an injury that left her with amnesia.

Before she turned to writing, the National Book Award nominee ran away from home and worked as a stripper. Her new collection of personal essays is Somebody with a Little Hammer.

In his Oval Office speech, President Biden reiterated his strong support for Israel in the wake of a deadly attack by Hamas. But it isn't making political waves in a deeply divided America.

Michael Honeycutt, the top toxicologist for Texas, is the latest chair of the EPA's science advisory board. But some scientists warn his views align more with industry than with scientific consensus.

As Boulder, Colo., police try to find a motive in Monday's mass shooting that left 10 dead, community leaders are struggling to keep the focus on victims and their families, not the alleged gunman.

The singer had been in critical condition recently after being hospitalized due to a fall at his Guadalajara ranch in August, and being diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome afterwards.

A Government Accountability Office report finds oversight problems in the Bush administration's handling of community services block grants. The GAO said that the Department of Health & Human Services had failed to adequately monitor the program.

President Trump arrives in Israel on Monday for a whirlwind visit with Israelis and Palestinians. He wants to get the Israelis and Palestinians to the same negotiating table.

A security guard at the Tops market tried to fire back at the shooter, but his fire struck body armor instead. Experts say use of body armor by mass shooters has trended up in recent years.

Bud Light, under fire from conservatives on social media for a promotion with a trans influencer, has seen its sales slip. But studies of other boycotts showed that negative impacts didn't last long.

Senate sponsor Ed Hooper, R-Clearwater, said in March that the additional money would help Moffitt Cancer Center build a new campus.

The plaintiffs say the new map is "intentionally destroying Black opportunity districts in Florida and splintering Black communities of interest throughout the State."

With Tesla CEO Elon Musk backing President-elect Donald Trump, safety advocates fear the incoming administration is poised to scrap a federal crash reporting requirement that Tesla calls unfair.

Hot Rod's BBQ is hard to miss in somewhat sleepy Lutz, Fla. — part of a swing county that could be key to deciding the presidential election. Along with his new hot sauce, "Hot Rod" Gaudin served up his political views. And got a vegetarian journalist to try what the menu billed as smoked bat.

Dr. Uché Blackstock says that the 2023 SCOTUS ruling against affirmative action will have a long-term, negative impact on both Black doctors and patients. Her book is Legacy.

The KLF — Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty — were, and remain, unparalleled masters of both music and manipulation. The Austrians they inspired, however, are... a different story.

Countless books have been published on the life of Billie Holliday. British writer Julia Blackburn tries a different tack — in her book With Billie, she collects a series of interviews of some of those who knew the great jazz singer personally.

Highsmith's writing was full of fakes, forgeries and falsehoods, revealing not only what her characters concealed, but what readers were willing to see.

The book is a mystery of sorts, set at an upscale North Carolina resort during World War II. Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle teaches at a high school with a student population that's 30% Native American.

The giant, wind-whipped blaze burning in New Mexico has displaced tens of thousands and is on track to become the largest wildfire in the state's history

Commentator Andrei Codrescu's son, Tristan, grew up in New Orleans. Codrescu says that bringing up children in the Crescent City presented special challenges.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to sportswriter Clinton Yates, of ESPN's The Undefeated about Serena Williams, who defeated her sister Venus to win the Australian Open — her 23rd Grand Slam win.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern about balancing leadership and motherhood.