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Joan Steidl, who recently retired, shares her reinvention takeaways. She has a podcast about confronting the generational divide, takes comedy workshops and went back to college to study journalism.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to the former New Jersey Governor about an op-ed she co-wrote for The Washington Post announcing a new coalition of former Republicans.

In 2022, Orange County had a record-high number of eviction cases, almost 16,000, the most in the last decade. So far, 2023 numbers are not much different.

The Economist Middle East correspondent Gregg Carlstrom explains why some Arab leaders hate Hamas, fear Iran and have some sympathy for Israel — although not for how Israel is waging the war.

The 25-year-old gunman was an employee of the bank and was shot and killed by police. An officer who had just graduated from the police academy was among those wounded after he was shot in the head.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is traveling across the country. A look into his exploration into an independent run for the White House.

NPR's May Louise Kelly talks with journalist Dalia Hatuqa about her friend and colleague Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed while reporting in occupied West Bank for Al Jazeera.

Oregon created a simple two-page form that has helped people exert control over their care at the end of life. A statewide database that contains the information is providing insight into what people prefer.

Tennessee songwriter Julien Baker's new album Little Oblivions reveals new folds in the musician's road to recovery from addiction.

The actor — who played a boxer, a hard-bitten detective, a cynical reporter, Doc Holliday, Vincent Van Gogh and a French colonel — turned 100. NPR's Scott Simon looks back on Kirk Douglas' career.

Master Sgt. Roy P. Benavidez led a mission to save eight soldiers in Vietnam — and nearly died in the process. Decades later, his daughter recalls a father who believed honor wasn't won, but earned.

Centenarian Virginia McLaurin found internet stardom after dancing with former President Obama and was known for her volunteering and activism. She died Monday at age 113.

Although Ari Folman's father warned him not to create the animated film about Israeli involvement in a massacre during the 1982 Lebanon war, the filmmaker did so anyway, in part to dissuade teenagers from going to war. To Folman's surprise, it was embraced by the Israeli government.

NPR photographer David Gilkey went to Cuba and made images of the one thing his editor told him to avoid: cars.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott says his campaign pledge to create 700,00 jobs in seven years is right on schedule.PolitiFact Florida says that claim is mostly…

State lawmakers will meet to pass more legislation aimed at fixing the troubled property insurance market, which took another blow after Hurricane Ian destroyed thousands of homes.

Mississippi's Gulf Coast is still rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina. In the hard-hit town of Pass Christian, residents still lack a grocery store and century-old family businesses operate out of trailers.

In the marshes of southern Iraq, water buffalos provide a livelihood for people outside the reach of many of the country's problems. There are new efforts intended to boost local agriculture.

Moderate Syrian rebels took up arms to topple President Bashar Assad. But the U.S. is planning to train them to fight against a different foe, the self-declared Islamic State, instead.

The IMF says global economic growth is slowing, due in part to the impact of the pandemic. NPR's A Martínez talks to Kristin Myers, editor in chief of The Balance, about what it means for the U.S.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been conspicuously silent since the ruble's plunge. Renee Montagne talks to Russian business journalist Kirill Belyaninov about why the ruble is in freefall.

In May, the last time the CDC released mask guidance, the messaging from the White House was a confusing mess. Public health experts say the White House needs to do a better job this time around.

President Biden will travel to Brussels and Warsaw this week to meet with allies about support for Ukraine and their efforts to impose costs on Russia for invading Ukraine.

The White House is defending the federal response to the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in Ohio two weeks ago, which resulted in thousands of people being evacuated from their homes.

The stakes were underlined by the fact that the argument went 49 minutes over the allotted time.