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NPR's Michel Martin Speaks with Dr. Madeline Li about how Canada is set to expand the categories of those who can request medical assistance to end their lives to include people with mental illness.

President Trump's criticism of NFL player protests has put a spotlight on team owners, who have had to decide how their franchises should respond.

President Biden is using Camp David to elevate a summit with Japan and South Korea. Wildfires in Canada force all 20,000 Yellowknife residents to flee. Ecuador elects a new president on Sunday.

A community-wide memorial service was held on Friday for the 85 people who died in November's Camp Fire. One man whose father died in the fire is trying to figure out where his family goes from here.

As many as 29,000 faculty members of the largest higher education network began striking against the California State University system on Monday. They're demanding a pay increase and other benefits.

It's been 50 years since Robert F. Kennedy's assassination. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Kennerly, who covered his short-lived run for president, describes what it was like on the ground.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Elif Shafak about her book: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. The novel is shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize.

The Ukrainian nuclear power plant that Russia attacked and took over remains occupied by Russian troops. There are fears the Russians could set its sights on Ukraine's remaining nuclear power plants.

Drew Barrymore dropped out of hosting the program live after Hollywood writers went on strike. Almost a week in, how has the strike affected what the viewing public sees on TV?

Why all the adulatory attention, critics ask, for Jonathan Franzen's latest domestic drama about marriage and family? Even though Franzen gets more praise for doing what many fine female writers do "backwards and in heels," critic Maureen Corrigan says Freedom has earned its high praise.

Emma Copley Eisenberg's new book, which centers on the murders of Vicki Durian and Nancy Santomero, tells a haunting story of two restless women and the un-nameable desire to travel a different path.

Ecuador is in a state of emergency after the assassination of a leading presidential candidate. Here's how the country got to this point.

Your whole idea of the Triassic period is about to be disrupted. Paleontologists are shifting their focus from dinosaurs to fossils so small they have to be reassembled under microscopes.

The main character in Rebecca Miller's new novel is a pest with a past, and his gnat-like status offers him one great advantage: Those convex eyes allow him to see fully into the hearts of humans, specifically two other characters whose paths intersect with his.

Why all the adulatory attention, critics ask, for Jonathan Franzen's latest domestic drama about marriage and family? Even though Franzen gets more praise for doing what many fine female writers do "backwards and in heels," critic Maureen Corrigan says Freedom has earned its accolades.

President Trump's trade war is heating up again, with threats of new tariffs on France, Brazil and Argentina. The sudden shifts have rattled investors, who'd come to believe a truce was near.

A dog-walking app named "Wag" just got a $300 million investment from Saudi Arabia. The big business is increasingly crowding out the independent dog walking companies that used to dominate.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Wang Feng, a professor of sociology at the University of California Irvine, about the consequences of China's population decline.

Michigan's House approved legislation on Tuesday that would significantly weaken union powers, as protestors gathered outside. Opponents claim it is politically motivated and hurts the average worker. Supporters say it will help attract new businesses to the state. Thousands of protestors descended on the capitol building as the vote took place.

The star has just released The Very Best of Mick Jagger, the first overview of his many solo projects since 1970. He recently discussed the CD, the current state of the music scene and what’s different about working without the Stones.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Catherine Lacey about her new book. Pew is a novel about an unnamed character with no identifiable characteristics and the character's impact on a small town.

COVID-19 vaccines are reaching more long-term facilities, but many worry they won't come soon enough to stave off more deaths.

With more than 35,000 homes damaged or destroyed in Lee County, residents are concerned about housing affordability – and changes to their communities – as developers become involved.

Two Sarasota County schools were still being used as shelters as of Sunday — Tatum Ridge Elementary for medically dependent evacuees and Venice High School for the general population.

It's not just oil and gas that are affected by the Iran war. All sorts of shortages and price spikes are starting to pop up that stand to affect people's daily lives.