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George Washington set the tradition for the early presidents with a small, private burial at his estate. Today, the funerals are meticulously planned years in advance by a large military task force.

We hear from a tour guide in Lviv, who says that although that part of western Ukraine is "peaceful" at the moment, she's worried about keeping her family safe.

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds most Americans approve of President Biden's handling of the pandemic, right as Biden is set to deliver a primetime address on the pandemic.

Cookie-baking season is not complete without an offering from sisters Sheila and Marilynn Brass. The two Massachusetts recipe collectors recall the special holiday shortbread cookies they'd have as children when their Jewish family would go to the house of their Catholic friends, the Sullivans.

President Trump begins his 17-day working vacation at the Trump Golf Resort in New Jersey. On Friday, he defended National Security advisor HR McMaster, a recent target of right-wing media.

The latest weapon in the disinformation war: Fake fact checkers. Some channels on the app Telegram look like independent fact checkers, but are pro-Russian propaganda outlets spreading falsities.

A Baltimore-based group is working to change the messages companies are sending about sex. So far, it has created convincing, fake websites pretending to be Playboy and Victoria's Secret — but putting an emphasis on consent.

A winter storm is expected to wallop a huge chunk of the U.S. from the southwest, into the Plains, the Deep South, and the eastern seaboard. Heavy snow, ice, sleet and freezing rain are forecast.

Each year, Reno, Nev., has several months of below-freezing temperatures. A longtime advocate for homeless people in the city has established a warming center that offers a safe place to stay.

The contract between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers end tonight. If the two cannot come to an agreement, Hollywood writers say they'll strike.

About 10 million more people in the U.S. now have health insurance than did this time last year. But some immigrants, low-income adults and others are still falling through the gaps.

Even as Florida leads the Supreme Court challenge against the federal health law, a private and a public hospital both prepare for an influx of new patients if the law's Medicaid expansion survives.

The fighting in Ukraine has been especially intense in the eastern Donbas region. Towns near the besieged city of Bakhmut are bracing. If it falls under Russian control, they know they could be next.

Historians in India have expressed outrage over changes in 12th grade textbooks. Critics see this as an attempt to appropriate the government's pro-Hindu agenda.

Musk, who has been scuffling with the media since acquiring the platform last year, asked if NPR was going to start tweeting again.

The hardy tamarisk, which arrived from Asia, is crowding out native plants in many Western states. It chokes small streams and rivers and sucks up scarce water. And it's hard to get rid of it.

Amid the ongoing writers' strike in Hollywood, the guilds representing directors and actors have also been negotiating the future of their contracts and the future of the streaming business.

The decision that removed constitutional rights to abortion shook the political landscape, shaping not only the midterm election that followed but also the field ahead of the 2024 election.

George Carlin leaves behind memorable routines as well as a legal legacy. His riff on seven dirty words that are taboo on TV led to a Supreme Court decision on broadcasting offensive language. Carlin died of heart failure Sunday at 71.

The FBI says it has arrested more than 400 people in the last three months on charges related to mortgage fraud. Agents have arrested real estate agents and others. On Thursday, the FBI arrested two Bear Stearns investment fund managers. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston and Michelle Norris discuss the arrests.