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Pamela Adlon's heartfelt dramedy series ends on an eternally optimistic note.

The risky lending business has been booming, but now its problems are becoming increasingly visible on Wall Street and beyond.

Masterpiece Theatre has been an integral part of public broadcasting since its debut, 40 years ago this month. But Alistair Cooke, the show's armchair host, thought it wouldn't last.

The actor, who became an Internet sensation for his pronunciation of "diabetes" in a Liberty Medical ad, died Saturday morning at a Utah hospital.

Rip currents are silent killers. These fast-moving channels of water can reach speeds of 1 to 2 feet per second, but have been measured as high as 8 feet per second.

Fifteen years after she led the prosecution against O.J. Simpson in one of the most public trials of the century, Marcia Clark returns to the courtroom. But this time, it's to make her fiction debut as the writer of a new legal thriller novel, Guilt by Association..

In a pilot program in South Africa, teens who are not infected with HIV are going on a preventive regimen of anti-AIDS drugs.

Their parents saw decades of significant economic expansion. But today, China's young workforce faces the prospects of slower economic growth.

Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. lost a close friend from college to police violence. His podcast explores different aspects of the movement for Black lives — including Tejan-Thomas Jr.'s personal history.

Benny and Vickie Cox run a roadside stand in Ayden, N.C., called The Collard Shack. You won't find the green collards here that are common throughout the South. Instead, the Coxes grow yellow cabbage collards, an heirloom variety that's rare outside eastern North Carolina.

Some Massachusetts opioid users are so desperate to quit the drug habit that they are asking judges to lock them up and require treatment. Critics question whether courts should play this role.

Scotland's signature whisky business continues to struggle. That because of the coronavirus pandemic, and U.S. tariffs that are part of a long-running, unrelated trade dispute over airplanes.

NPR's Renee Montagne visits a Hollywood cemetery that's got a new lease on life. Hollywood Forever, a 62-acre memorial park is home to the remains of actors Peter Lorre, Rudolph Valentino, Joan Hackett and others. Once overgrown and run-down, the cemetery is now under the direction of a 30-year old funeral director from Missouri, whose dream is to fully restore it to its previous state of grandeur.

Poitier was the first Black actor to win a Best Actor Oscar, for 1963's Lilies of the Field. His good looks and smooth, commanding presence made him an icon to generations of moviegoers.

Schools in Uganda were shut nearly 2 years due to the pandemic. Now they're open again, although millions of kids won't go back. We speak to 6 teens about their plans and hopes.

The analysis uses data gathered from utility companies around the country and defines a major power outage as one impacting more than 50,000 customers.

When Joel Goldman was diagnosed with a medical condition that makes him shake and stutter, he quit his law practice and started writing novels inspired by true crime in the Kansas City area. Eventually, he gave his disorder to FBI Agent Jack Davis, one of his main characters.

Saban is famed for his sideline scowl and fiery demeanor — and for winning. He won more national titles than any other major college coach, the last coming in 2020.

Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery, Alabama, bus at age 15 helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86.

It's not exactly easy to get in, but if you book in advance, it's once again possible to get a close-up view of the historical paintings, furnishings and knickknacks in the People's House.

Daily Beast and Newsweek editor Tina Brown explores the character and experiences of political resisters in modern Russia and in World War II-era Czechoslovakia.

It's been 100 years since the sinking of the RMS Titanic, and the anniversary brings with it a barrage of literature. Former NPR editor Rachel Syme has been keeping track of the new releases and lists her favorites here. Do you have a favorite Titanic book? Let us know in the comments.

Writer David Foster Wallace's last work, The Pale King, will be published this month. The book, his editor says, attempts a challenge no novelist has taken on: to write about the boring parts of life.

Muslims are feasting at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, usually a time of peace and fraternity. But in Egypt, tension is building after the failure of international mediation efforts between the interim government and supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. The Prime Minister has said he's losing patience and they plan to disperse the ongoing sit-ins. Morsi's supporters are vowing to stay in the streets, building barricades and stocking up on supplies in preparation for whatever comes next.

Steve Inskeep talks with NPR Ed's Anya Kamenetz about her book, The Test: Why Our Schools Are Obsessed with Standardized Testing — But You Don't Have to Be.