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Columbus Day is still a federal holiday — though some no longer want to celebrate the Italian explorer, and many jurisdictions also mark Indigenous Peoples Day.

Josh Duggar of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting admitted "wrongdoing" amid media reports that he allegedly fondled underage girls as a teenager. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with TV critic Eric Deggans.

There's an upside to the lack of snow in much of New England -- great skating. We head out on a couple of Maine's lakes to explore the burgeoning sport of "wild ice skating."

The artist died in a house fire in Woodbury, Minn. on Thursday.

A week after Bangladesh's long-time leader, Sheikh Hasina, was deposed, there's a sense of cautious optimism in the capital of Dhaka as the interim government begins rebuilding the nation.

The chip company Nvidia is powering the artificial intelligence boom, and its stock has become the darling of Wall Street. Investors were closely watching whether it would live up to the hype.

It's the biggest exercise of democracy on Earth, and tourists want to experience it. Tours take foreigners and Indians alike to campaign rallies and polling stations in India's parliamentary elections.

Psychologist Dolly Chugh says many of us see ourselves as good people, but that idea holds us back from actually trying to be a better person. Instead, she suggests aiming for "good-ish"—open to growth and learning.

For generations, people have looked for small, informal signs that a recession is coming or already here. This phenomenon recently exploded on social media, often in joke form.

Louisiana has two problems: an eroding coastline and limited glass recycling. Engineer Franziska Trautmann is solving both by turning bottles into beach sand.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Justin Lynch, an Associated Press reporter who was arrested and deported from South Sudan for his reporting on human rights violations and ethnic cleansing.

Family and others posting to social media, along with South American media, have ID'd the deceased as Mila Yankelevich, 7; Erin Victoria Ko Han, 13; and Arielle Mazi Buchman, 10, whose death was reported Sunday.

The storm flooded parts of North Carolina's Outer Banks, including a section of the main highway. Another round of overwash was happening during the evening's high tide.

More homeowners across the country are going without insurance. In a dispersed California community, some homeowners are trying to figure out how to move forward when their losses weren't covered.

A new brain-computer interface can decode a person's inner monologue. That could help paralyzed people communicate, but also suggests scientists are one step closer to reading a person's thoughts.

Russian journalists in exile fight Russian propaganda, working for U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe from Latvia. But the Trump administration plans to cut funds is creating uncertainty.

Venezuela's autocratic leader is cracking down on dissent. Hundreds have been arrested and lawmakers are moving to shutdown social media sites and close non-governmental agencies.

Global online forum Reddit files a court challenge to Australian law blocking children under 16 from holding accounts on the world's most popular social media platforms.

Two ISIS fighters captured in Syria say they joined the militant group as a way to fight an oppressive regime. But it also provided friendship, and it didn't seem much more violent than other options.

After the Capitol grounds were cleared of the armed insurrection of the pro-Trump mob, NPR looks at President Trump's rhetoric and how the press covered the insurrection.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Emily Brown, who was fired as director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department after defying county commissioners over their handling of the pandemic.

Fiscal conservatives are not happy about the new budget deal. NPR's Scott Simon talks with South Carolina Rep. Mark Sanford.

Dozens of people have died in avalanches in the U.S. this year. One Colorado town is trying to equip backcountry skiers with safety and decision-making tools to help them stay alive.

Balancing sadness for the losses with hope about what's been saved, heritage workers are in the early stages of planning recovery and restoration efforts.

Ukrainians feel relief after Geneva talks helped soften the U.S.-proposed peace deal seen as siding with Russia.