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Financial stressors and other problems pile on during the holidays and increase the risk for domestic violence and child neglect. But help is available.

Many states where marijuana has been legalized are now facing a marijuana glut — something that could be solved by shipping weed across state lines. But interstate trade of marijuana is still banned.

The House voted overwhelmingly to expel New York Republican George Santos from Congress, making him the sixth person in history to be expelled in that manner.

Twenty-five years after a Northern Ireland peace agreement, a controversial new law bans prosecution of crimes dating to the Troubles. Supporters deem it reconciliation. Victims see denial of justice.

NPR's A Martinez talks to actor Zach Woods, who has skewered cubicle life in The Office and tech start-ups in Silicon Valley. Now his target is public radio.

Polish truckers and transport business owners blocked traffic at the Ukraine-Poland border — over the removal of limits on how many Ukrainian drivers and businesses can come to Poland and the EU.

The tech giants' app stores are multibillion-dollar money-makers. Now the services are under threat like never before.

The Federal Aviation Administration imposed sweeping jet production restrictions at the company's factories. Questions about quality control at Boeing's factories are mounting.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Yossi Klein Halevi about what a nation-state means for Israelis and Palestinians. Halevi believes in a two-state solution, an independent homeland for Palestinians.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with screenwriter Julie Sherman Wolfe about holiday movies she's written for the Hallmark Channel.

Amid concerns about the complexity and stress of college admissions, some schools are flipping the script by offering to admit students who haven't even applied. It's called direct admissions.

Liza Corsillo, a senior writer at "The Strategist," has some tips on buying gifts for dads.

At least 15 civilian review boards across Florida, which review investigations of potential law enforcement misconduct after they’re completed, have dissolved or temporarily ceased operations after a new law targeting the panels took effect.

The Minneapolis City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the federal government to overhaul the city's police training and use-of-force policies in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.

Brothers Leo and Diego talk about the fraught ways their immigration status marked their childhood, and how they carved a path forward.

It's another Christmas in Bethlehem with the war still raging in Gaza. Palestinians in the city believed to be the birthplace of Jesus are hurting after more than a year of war.

President Carter helped lead a global health effort to eradicate the Guinea worm, a painful parasite which once infected more than 3 million people a year. Cases now number about a dozen a year.

Look for decisions regarding Medicaid eligibility, gender-affirming care, lab-grown meat and more to make headlines in the months ahead.

For decades, individuals and terrorist groups have used vehicles to carry out deadly attacks. But installing safeguards hasn't always been successful.

Trudeau's decision after almost a decade in power sets the stage for a succession fight to select a new prime minister.

Saint Levant has sold out U.S. and European venues with his album 'Deira,' an ode to his heritage and the Gaza hotel his father built that was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike.

At a time when more than half the American diet comes from processed, packaged foods, the FDA has new rules aimed at helping people make healthier choices in the grocery store.

Federal agencies run out of money at midnight tonight and lawmakers are scrambling to pass legislation before the deadline.

On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: we continue our series of programs inspired by the Winter Season with music draws on stars and the night sky. Hear “A Very Star-Like Start” by John Liberatore, and more music about stars by Jessie Montgomery, Chris Opperman, David Fulmer, and others. And, it’s music of the night by Golfam Khayam, with the “Night Triptych” for two guitars, and new music from Caterina Schembri titled “I wake up in the night when I dream in black and white.”

World-record chaser Hilde Dosogne is used to running extreme distances. Still, she says she underestimated the challenge. She's now hoping to make it official with a Guinness World Record.