Eggnog, gingerbread cookies, candy canes and doughnuts. The fried sugary delights have a deep link to the holidays, and in recent years, bakers have been getting creative with seasonal flavors and ...

The risk of having a heart attack or stroke rises during the holiday season. Cardiac deaths spike between Christmas and New Year's. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on the Christmas coronary effect and ...

What were your favorite albums this year? For music lovers, the end of the year is a time to look back. You've got the Grammy nominations. You've got Spotify Wrapped. But nothing really beats a person ...

NPR staffers get around — both for fun and to report on stories from across the U.S. This year, we made our way to famous landmarks, but also saw off-the-beaten-path towns, quirky events and stunning ...

What will it take to prevent full-scale war from erupting again in Gaza? President Trump's peace plan was endorsed by the U.N. Security Council last month, but there's a lot of disagreement about ...

It seems like a new scandal emerges in the world of politics every day - I mean, maybe every hour. But can scandals also reveal deeper truths about our politics? On the podcast Scandalized from member ...

Dozens of U.S. ambassadors will spend this holiday season packing up to return home. The Trump administration is recalling about 30 career diplomats. It's a move that the State Department's union is ...

The Trump administration will resume garnishing wages from student loan borrowers in default in early 2026, the U.S. Education Department confirmed to NPR. The move comes after a years-long pause in ...

There has been a 19% drop in the number of international students arriving in the U.S. compared to last year. Data from the International Trade Administration shows the largest fall in decades outside ...

Roman Dial has been exploring the Brooks Range in northern Alaska for almost 50 years. It's one of the wildest, most remote places in the United States. ROMAN DIAL: If I add up all the miles that I've ...

Congress has left the building. Lawmakers are home for the holidays with the memory of the longest ever government shutdown still fresh. This Congress is earning a reputation as the least productive ...

Housing policy is a complicated issue. Costs keep climbing across the country, which has many states scrambling to find ways to bring in more affordable homes. Connecticut, with a very tight real ...