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Many people are reporting strange and vivid dreams while in quarantine. Erin Gravley, a Bay Area resident, decided to track those dreams on her website i dream of covid in hopes of finding patterns.

Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating former national security adviser Michael Flynn and his adult son. Among the areas of inquiry: their meetings with Turkish officials and the handling of a cleric who lives in Pennsylvania.

A new NPR probe found low-income areas in dozens of major U.S. cities are more likely to be hotter than wealthier ones, and people with severe mental illness are impacted by that increase in heat.

Hurricane Maria knocked out power across the entire island, and many areas lack running water. Doing laundry, turning on the lights, eating dinner: Everyday life has become a constant challenge.

Biting wind and heavy snow are expected across 17 states this week, sending temperatures plummeting as low as minus 30 F in some areas. Blizzard conditions could hit the Upper Midwest on Thursday.

More than 3 million Floridians were without power after Milton. In some areas like Siesta Key, damage was severe. In Sarasota, many residents were thankful things were not worse.

Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields, co-showrunners of the acclaimed series "The Americans," about Russian spies in the Washington, D.C., area, look ahead a season amid newly tense times with Russia.

They're called the Golden State Warriors and are claimed by the entire Bay Area. But really, the Warriors belong to Oakland, Calif. The rise of the team from irrelevance to NBA champions mirrors the rise of the city itself.

NPR's Mary Louise speaks with DNC Chair Tom Perez about Tuesday's State of the Union address, and areas of shared interest between parties where he believes progress is possible in the coming year.

Central Americans streaming across the U.S.-Mexico border are traveling along well established smuggling routes through Mexico. Gracias a Dios, Guatemala, has become a busy smuggling staging area.

NPR spoke to autoworkers, college students and Black churchgoers in the Detroit area about the general election. Many aren't excited about their likely choices, with some unsure they'll vote at all.

Eight of France's World Cup teams come from the suburbs of big cities — nonwhite areas known for poverty. France won in 1998 with a multiethnic team, bringing hope, but not much has changed since.

After six weeks of training, people could memorize twice as much. Areas of the brain had begun communicating in new ways — a lot like what happens inside the heads of world memory champions.

Producer and host Leah Lemm, in her latest Northern Voices segment, introduces us to a couple who are moving on from the greenhouse operation they have…

Jamie Attenberg's newest novel follows a woman living her life unapologetically, and on her own terms. But that kind of life can is not necessarily a good one.

Hear the Grammy-nominated jazz musician performs songs from her latest album, Bewitched.

A cultural chameleon with a handful of viral hits, the rising rapper's Come Home The Kids Miss You misses the mark.

As a member of The New Pornographers and on her own, Neko Case has a voice that reaches deep. Her latest solo album, Middle Cyclone, was recorded in a barn and has the bird songs, wind gusts and animal noises to prove it. Hear an acoustic session from WXPN.

It used to be that only the Tom Clancys and the Danielle Steeles could land million-dollar book deals. Now previously unknown authors are being offered astronomical sums for their first novels. NPR's Melissa Block looks at the publishing industry's efforts to snap up new voices.

Robert talks to Wayne Barrett, an investigative reporter for the Village Voice, in New York City and author of Rudy! An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Guiliani. (5:00) Barrett's book about New York City Mayor Giuliani is published by Basic Books, 7/10/00.