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In her illustrated memoir Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, longtime New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast describes being an only child and conflicted caretaker to her aging parents.

They may not be the issues that are driving voters to the polls this midterm election, but voters have been thinking about the two sales tax referendums…

The band said that they hope their new single "Everything Turns Around" brings a "positive vibe" that makes your day "a little lighter." Dogstar's "most excellent" tour starts next month.

In the past, Brazil has let public sector employees arrive late to work so they could watch the men's national soccer team play in the World Cup. Now that policy applies for women's matches too.

Hanging out with dogs might be good for your health. A researcher reviews the science and discusses the very real link between dog ownership and reduced risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.

Evening Masterworks: Mauro Giuliani's Guitar Concerto No. 3 in F

It's likely the state will reach that grim milestone on Friday.

Michigan reports 1,250 cases of cyclospora and CDC surveillance shows cases in 17 states. The CDC has initiated a traceback investigation, as the source is not yet known.

Election administrators and advocacy groups are working to keep voting accessible in areas impacted by the back-to-back hurricanes — while also combating false information.

Stan Berenstain, creator of the beloved children's book series about the Berenstain Bears, died Nov. 24. Peter Glassman, owner of the children's bookstore Books of Wonder, explains the impact and success of the books.

Until now, the earliest signs of humans in the Americas dated back about 15,000 years. But new research puts people in California 130,000 years ago. Experts are wondering whether to believe it.

The summer vacation, an annual rite for so many, is not an easy thing to give up, even during a pandemic.

Public health officials say rapid and safe testing is key to reopening the U.S. economy. As the pandemic drags on, health issues emerge related to isolation. We examine virtual sobriety meetings.

Shelters for survivors have rarely been so full – leaving many with little choice but to stay with their abusers.

As respiratory virus activity picks up around the country, vaccine levels remain below last year's totals, according to the CDC. Cohen has been on national blitz to improve those numbers.

Pioneering underground comic artist (and R. Crumb collaborator) S. Clay Wilson's work is not for the faint of heart — or uneasy of stomach. Volume 1 of a new anthology of his work is out now.

New satellite images show the buildup of Russian forces and equipment along Ukraine's borders with western Russia, Belarus and Crimea — including new tents, an indicator that troops may be present.

PENAS BLANCAS, Costa Rica — As summer began to bake the central Cuban city of Sancti Spiritus, Elio Alvarez and Lideisy Hernandez sold their tiny…

Some states plan to close their high-risk insurance pools in 2014. But new options under the Affordable Care Act are likely to offer lower premiums and lower deductibles, insurance specialists say.

He's played a Nazi war criminal, a super mutant with a magnetic personality, and a master of Middle Earth magic. Now Ian McKellen returns to the stage to play one of its most challenging parts: Shakespeare's King Lear. He joins Farai Chideya to talk about his style, his favorite actors and his love for Lena Horne.

Bigger, Stronger, Faster: The Side Effects of Being American is a new documentary about steroid use. Filmmaker Chris Bell, a former steroid user, was a bodybuilder and part of the film details what happened when he told his mother he used steroids.

For American Indicators, NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Lee Camp, a St. Louis attorney who represents tenants, about how the pandemic recession has affected housing insecurity.

Crumpet the Elf is back. Actually, it's writer David Sedaris, reminding us what it was like to work as a Macy's elf. We first learned about Sedaris' un-merry Christmas 14 years ago when he read from his Santaland Diaries. Crumpet is back for an encore.

Thomas Gavin went on a tear in the '60s and '70s, hitting nearly a dozen museums on the East Coast. He mostly stole antique firearms and stashed them in his hideout — a barn in rural Pennsylvania.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Ukrainian writer Artem Chapeye about two years of war in Ukraine.