It's another Christmas in Bethlehem with the war still raging in Gaza. Palestinians in the city believed to be the birthplace of Jesus are hurting after more than a year of war.

Whether it's volunteering at a local school or taking soup to a sick neighbor, improving the welfare of others can also ...

The Biden administration introduced new consumer tax credits for climate-friendly heat pumps. What does a Trump ...

NPR's A Martinez and Steve Inskeep answer holiday trivia questions from "Southern Living Magazine" senior editor Betsy Cribb Watson.

Americans making fun of fruitcake is a holiday tradition. But a Canadian pastry chef and master food preserver would like us to reconsider our assumptions. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 23, 2024.) ...

Community leaders in Stubenville, Ohio, celebrate the holidays by decorating main street with hundreds of giant nutcrackers. The Christmas attraction is helping to bring the downtown back to life.

An Azerbaijani airliner has crashed in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau with 30 people likely dead and at least 28 survivors, ...

A recipient of a Grammys Trustee Award in 2015, Richard Perry died at a Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday. Perry was a hitmaking record producer with a flair for both standards and contemporary sounds.

NPR's Books We Love is a roundup of our staff's favorite reads this year. Today we look at some of our favorite, more obscure, lesser-known picks from this year's Books We Love.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Bomani Jones, sports journalist and host of the podcast The Right Time with Bomani Jones about the NFL's plunge into Netflix's Live Sporting Events on Christmas Day.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Martin Cheek, a conservation botanist for the Royal Botanic Gardens, about new plant and fungus species he and his colleagues discovered this year.

Some U.S. cities are seeing a bump in marriage licenses. Same-sex couples and couples with mixed immigration status are among those heading to the alter before the start of the Trump administration.