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After taking a year off, the Eurovision Song Contest is back, and for the first time a major streaming service — Peacock — is carrying it live in the U.S. Here's what to look for.

Leisure suits, big hair and the Bee Gees are just part of the draw of a new book, Bar Mitzvah Disco. Essays from Jonathan Safran Foer, Sarah Silverman and others document bar and bat mitzvahs from the 1970s through the '90s.

We Americans love our dogs. More households include dogs than children. And so the editors of The Bark, a magazine that began as a newsletter advocating a legal off-leash area for dogs to play, had no trouble finding enough writers and material for a book of essays, short stories and commentaries on all aspects of humans and their dogs. NPR's Ketzel Levine reports.

On the 50th anniversary of the band's landmark album Green River, we dig into how the band formulated its singular sound, its legacy and how Creedence's music still resonates today.

Dan Shefet won what may be the most powerful single case against Google: the right to get search results about himself removed. Now people and governments the world over are seeking him out.

Revisiting the earworms of summers past will likely bring back sunny memories, as well as groan-inducing moments of "What was I thinking?"

NPR sent photographers across the country to document the stark differences between school districts right next to each other. This is what they saw.

Voters in Florida head to the polls Tuesday. Ukrainian workers man a nuclear power plant under the eyes of occupying Russian soldiers. More states are poised to enact abortion trigger bans this week.

Jared Kushner's star appears to be rising inside the Trump administration. Also, Fox News star Bill O'Reilly is under fire and going on vacation, and YouTube is dealing with concerns from advertisers.

I say the same thing every December: there were so many really good new cookbooks published this year. And 2023 is no exception.

The newly released psychological horror film I Saw the TV Glow possesses a star-studded original soundtrack that stands on its own as a great, angsty album.

The duet-packed F-1 Trillion marks a new chapter, but it's no wild swerve — the one-time SoundCloud rapper has had his eye on Nashville for years.

Polls forecast a wipeout for the governing Conservatives. The Labour Party's leader, a centrist human rights lawyer, is widely predicted to become the next prime minister.

Trump won Georgia and Michigan in 2016. Biden did the same in 2020. In 2024, some disillusioned voters say they wish Govs. Whitmer of Michigan and Kemp of Georgia were on the ballot instead.

Former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is challenging Republican Sen. Rick Scott in 2024 and hoping to stem Republicans’ inroads with Latinx voters in the Sunshine State.

MUSIC is the elusive rapper's first album in five years, but his presence has loomed heavy over hip-hop — and the fanbase whose ears he retuned for extremity.

High-end accommodations for pooches are thriving in one of the world's most unequal countries. They have their defenders and their critics. Who's barking up the right tree?

President Biden’s debate performance casts doubt on reelection chances. French voters push far-right party to strong lead in election's first round. Gymnast Simone Biles will head to another Olympics.

Alabama is the only state where 4th-grade math scores are higher now than they were in 2019, before the pandemic. This is the story of how the state pulled it off.

Hurricane forecasts are now much more accurate, 20 years on — largely because of federal government research.

Biden says U.S. will have enough vaccine for all adults by May. Neera Tanden withdraws her nomination to head the Office of Management and Budget. Gov. Abbott is ending Texas' COVID-19 restrictions.

What happens when a director tries to follow up an Oscar win, with NPR's Marc Rivers and film critic Kyle Wilson.

Pregnant women and people with chronic health conditions such as asthma, diabetes and heart disease are particularly vulnerable to flu complications yet lag the elderly in getting vaccinated.

Former medical-marijuana lobbyist Nikki Fried is on the verge of being the only Florida Democrat to capture a statewide win, gaining votes over...

It was a vibrant industry in the late 1800s and while ice harvesting is no longer commercially viable, the tradition is being kept alive in the small town of South Bristol, Maine.