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A new cookbook from America's Test Kitchen offers tips for people with chronic back pain to minimize bending and standing in the kitchen. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on May 6, 2023.)

Over the weekend, the U.S. military shot down a trio of flying objects. One was in Alaska, another in Canada and a third over Michigan.

Public health officials in Mississippi recently declared a crisis around infant mortality. Too many babies are dying. Officials are working to help pregnant moms get access to better prenatal care.

The bomb targeted the Eidgah Mosque, where a memorial service was being held for the mother of Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

At the age of 59, the British science-fiction writer was diagnosed with a form of Alzheimer's. Now he's publishing an edited version of a book he first wrote when he was 17. He can't read because of his disease, but Pratchett continues writing — with the help of dictation software.

Snap Recipients are already looking to stock up at food pantries, but USDA cuts earlier this year are exposing gaps in the food safety network.

In her new memoir, Tippi, the actress speaks frankly about Hollywood, her career, and her complicated relationship with Alfred Hitchcock — who made her a star, but also made her life hell.

The federal government is continuing to decide how it will rename bases across the U.S. named after Confederate service members, a mandate included in the defense bill approved by Congress in January.

Plastics are ever-present in our society. And they don't decompose, but become tiny particles called microplastics. And those have been found everywhere. Now, they're being found in some unexpected places.

We asked our book critics what titles they are most looking forward to this summer. Their picks range from memoirs to sci-fi and fantasy to translations, love stories and everything in between.

Now that the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods has made more than $100 million at the box office in just three weeks, NPR's movie critic Bob Mondello has a modest musical proposal.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dylan Mulvaney, author of Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer, about the highs and lows of the early days of her transition and the joy she tries to share.

Many topics have divided the nation recently. NPR asked readers for insights into how they handle divisive conversations over the holidays. Here are the tips they provided.

On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline, we kick off a series of programs highlighting music inspired by the Winter Season. Tune in for an episode of music inspired by winter weather, silence, and stillness, including icy works by Outi Tarkiainen, Alfreo Santa Ana, and Anuj Bhutani; a work titled “Blue Glacier Decoy” by Jennifer Jolley; and “Hush” by Angelica Negron.

Lloyd Austin arrived in the Afghan capital amid swirling questions about how long American troops will remain in the country. While there, he is expected to meet with President Ashraf Ghani.

Despite historic raises, the teacher pay gap has widened between Polk and neighboring counties.

The nation's unemployment rate in February was 8.1 percent. The Labor Department reports more than 651,000 jobs were eliminated last month. Employers are cutting their payrolls and looking for other ways to cut costs as the recession takes a bite out of their sales and profits.

AI email assistants are crafting perfect, tailor-made messages with minimal human input. But some people are now worried their emails sound too perfect -- including people who work in tech.

The tricks and mind games tax collectors use to get people to pay up.

Nearly three dozen new state laws will take effect in October, including one that limits where homeless people can sleep, one that creates a license plate for Parrot Heads, and one that passed requirements about flood disclosures for home buyers.

A new law makes it easier for people to sue the government for illnesses from contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The legal action could become one of the largest mass civil cases in history.

In 2006, two Manhattan housing projects were at the center of a real estate fiasco that would come to epitomize the housing crisis. Charles Bagli's Other People's Money explains how the government of Singapore was among those who paid for the mistakes of New York's real estate giants.

A tentacled summer visitor has arrived on the shores of the western Gulf. It looks like a jellyfish, but it's not. Look at the beautiful blue creatures — but don't touch, say state officials.

Vice President Harris leads the administration's voting rights effort. Senate Democrats reach a $3.5 trillion budget deal. Questions remain as the probe into the murder of Haiti's president continues.

The MAVNI program allowed non-U.S. citizens to enlist in the armed services if they had foreign language skills or other special expertise. But the...