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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the comedian and actor on his new book, Undercooked: How I Let Food Become My Life Navigator and How Maybe That's a Dumb Way to Live.

The CEO of a nonprofit organization joins a crowded GOP field in a suburban Houston district likely to be a Democratic target in 2020.

How cautious should those who have received the COVID-19 vaccine be? And as more contagious strains gain a foothold, experts say it's important to maintain vigilance even as cases continue to decline.

Paula began a family singalong tradition — a tradition that allowed her to remain connected to her family in her final days.

Argentina survived another heart-stopping match when it scored two late goals to topple England and extend the Three Lions' six-decade-long wait for another World Cup trophy.

The MESSENGER probe captured images of never-before-seen aspects of the closest planet to the Sun during a recent flyby. Researcher Sean Soloman discusses the MESSENGER mission, which aims to be the first man-made object to orbit Mercury.

Category 4 Hurricane Helene finally makes landfall, it will continue to devaste the Big Bend, Florida's Panhandle and Southern Georgia overnight.

A number of federal agencies, from HHS to the USDA, have laid off employees only to rescind those terminations days later. An expert says it "suggests something about mismanagement of government."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Carlos Vecchio, the Venezuelan opposition's envoy to the U.S., at a building in Washington, D.C., that was recently vacated by the government of Nicolás Maduro.

In this week's Faith Matters, Imam Hassan Qazwini discusses his book American Crescent in the wake of the Los Angeles Police Department's recent plan to create a database of the city's Muslim Americans. The city later aborted the plan following public outcry.

The newborn, found by rescuers after an Israeli attack, was rushed to a hospital. Nurse Amal Abu Khatleh gave her the name Malak, meaning angel. She is raising the baby until relatives can be found.

Since early in the pandemic, people on Medicaid have been able to stay enrolled without reapplying. That will change in April and millions of eligible people will lose the coverage.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller gives his first public statement since the release of his office's report. He emphasized the report's finding that Russians launched an attack on our political system.

The Indian River Lagoon saw a brief respite from massive algal blooms this year. But heavy rains from Hurricane Ian led to wastewater spills and stormwater outflows in yet another setback to water quality. Even so, natural resource managers say the lagoon's restoration is still attainable.

Hospital senior communications specialist H. Roy Adams connects physicians and other health professionals with the outside world to get their messages out and stories spread.

Medicare will cut payments to hospitals with high rates of patient infections and injuries. Half of the nation's academic medical centers will be docked for making too many medical mistakes.

The lawsuit says out students' right to gather "is a fundamental precursor to their political and ideological expression.”

NPR transcribed more than 2,000 hours of radio communications from the LA fires. The analysis shows hydrants going dry and first responders fighting fires despite scarce resources.

A year ago, Thembi Ngubane's audio diary on living with HIV in a South-African township aired on All Things Considered. Ngubane talks with Farai Chideya about her recent two-week trip around South Africa, where she shared her story.

Rushdie was onstage at a literary event in 2022 when he was attacked by a man in the audience: "Dying in the company of strangers — that was what was going through my mind." His new book is Knife.

Australia's top online internet regulator explains how the nation plans to roll out the world's first social media ban for kids under 16.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. survived heroin addiction and says that if confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, he'll build treatment "farms" to help people recover.

Actress Angela Bassett talks about her career with Ed Gordon. Her new film is Akeelah and the Bee, a story about an inner-city school girl trying to make it to a national spelling competition.

On mountaintop glaciers of Alaska, Washington and Oregon, billions of tiny black worms are tunneling upward to the barren, icy surface. What lures them, and how do they survive the frozen depths?

In a sequel to Miles Morales: Spiderman, writer Jason Reynolds crafts a response to censorship in the classroom. He speaks to NPR's A Martinez about his second Spiderman novel.