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Having a baby changes everything: "There's just no way to comprehend how completely your old identity vanishes," Klein says. Her new book is I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife & Motherhood.

The Biden administration wants to buy and send a billion free at-home COVID tests to Americans. Here's what we know so far about the contracts in terms of price, timeline and more.

ICE's budget hovered around $10 billion for years. But President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are taking the agency's funding to unprecedented levels.

Three Texas siblings who died in an icy pond are among several dozen deaths in U.S. states gripped by frigid cold. A massive storm dumped deep snow across more than 1,300 miles from Arkansas to New England.

It includes a $1.3 billion tax package backed by Gov. DeSantis. Democrats say the session did not address issues such as high insurance rates, skyrocketing rent costs and unaffordable health care.

While Border Patrol agents build up fences in San Diego to deter what it views as a national security threat, Central American migrants waiting in Tijuana wonder if the journey was worth the effort.

After a five and a half hour-long public comment and discussion, the city of Hollywood decided to rename streets that bear the names of Confederate icons.

As investigators piece together what happened to three young women who appear to have been held captive for about a decade, the residents of the Cleveland neighborhood where they were found are in shock.

Tamara Payne won the National Book Award for a book largely written by her father, Les Payne. It's called The Dead Are Arising, a biography of Malcolm X. Payne speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

As COVID-19 cases drop, the U.S. hospitalization rate is still high — as is the death rate. Still, many infectious disease experts are cautiously optimistic for the upcoming months.

The U.S. economy grew last year at the fastest pace since 1984, but growth was tempered by successive waves of the pandemic.

Pfizer and BioNtech are expected to ask the FDA for authorization for the first COVID-19 vaccine regimen for kids younger than age 5.

Inflation, the curse of our pocketbooks and the Federal Reserve, has hit almost every good in the U.S. But the price of a beloved toy has managed to hover around $1 — for more than 50 years.

It was a big night for Democrats, who got their first major wins at the ballot box in the Trump era. Here is what it means.

The decision reversed decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices.

In the sequel to author Tomi Adeyemi's West-African-inspired young adult bestseller, the maji in the land of Orïsha have their powers back — except the monarchy and military now have magic too.

New moms get a lot of sympathy over lack of sleep, but studies find that dads may be hurting more, a new book on the science of parenting says. Bottom line: Both parents need help getting shut-eye.

The federal minimum wage will rise Friday 70 cents to $7.25. Conservative economists say it will kill jobs; liberals say it will boost consumer spending, which will help the economy.

Music was an afterthought for Paramount Records, a short-lived label founded by a furniture company. But in its final years, it gave vital exposure to the artists who would come to define Delta blues.

During a workshop with the Rays-Hines partnership, City Council members asked about affordable housing, jobs, a timeline and reconnecting the site with neighborhoods.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Elizabeth Neumann about the rise of Christian extremism. Neumann served as a Homeland Security official in the Trump administration. Her new book is Kingdom of Rage.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited the scene of the attack in Southport as eight children and two adults remained hospitalized. Police questioned a 17-year-old suspect who was arrested.

Considering taking an electric vehicle on a long drive? Plenty of people get range anxiety. But with more charging stations on the roads, things are getting easier. Still, you'll want to have a plan.

Helene, now a post-tropical cyclone, continues to flood parts of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley. Dozens of storm-related deaths were reported in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

The latest World Happiness Report says Nicaragua made the greatest gains in happiness of any country — to the surprise of some Nicaraguans.