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You're Leaving When? is a witty memoir of Gurwitch's many middle age misadventures — and it doesn't even cover the stage IV lung cancer diagnosis she received in the midst of the pandemic.

Bears preparing for hibernation need to eat as much as they can for the winter. In Alaska, this habit has turned into an Ursine March Madness with bears going head-to-head to see who is the fattest.

Some people who didn't evacuate are now hunkering down in their houses. The National guard and police warn that no one comes in and anyone choosing to leave won't be allowed back. Neighbors inside are making the best of the situation.

A 14-year-old Los Angeles girl is helping teenagers who lost everything in the fires try to recover some sense of normalcy. Her effort to collect new clothes, shoes and beauty products has gone viral with celebrities chipping in.

Don't Tap the Glass is a bit of a left turn: a hyperkinetic, summertime LP with an urgent appeal to move the masses.

Signs are pointing to deeper discounts this Black Friday, as stores try to coax anxious shoppers into splurging.

A growing number of cities want to restrict the use of gas in buildings to reduce climate emissions. But many states are now considering laws to block that with backing from the natural gas industry.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, donated more than $400 million to nonprofits that in turn distributed grants last year to state and local election officials.

Republican lawmakers in many states have proposed measures that would make their states' voting rules more restrictive. Of note are Arizona, Texas, Florida and Michigan.

There are some side effects that are pretty common: sore arm, headache, fatigue, fever. But people are saying they've got other unusual reactions. Is it the vaccine — or something else?

No vaccine is 100% effective. Though so-called "breakthrough" COVID cases are rare, the virus is circulating widely. What's a vaccinated person to do? And ... not do?

South Africa has registered over 1.5 million cases of COVID-19 — one of the worst-affected countries in the world. Cases are now down, restrictions have eased and South Africans are looking forward.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, about the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

Suzanne DiMaggio of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has been speaking with North Korean officials. She tells NPR's Michel Martin what to expect from Thursday's summit in Hanoi.

Like voters in Colorado, Utah and Michigan last year, Missouri's voters decided to alter the redistricting process. But lawmakers argue it could create bizarre districts that are hard to represent.

Winter is ice fishing season in northern Minnesota. Area lakes have sprouted small villages populated by anglers who drop lines or spear through the ice…

Flights have been canceled, and highways and bridges in some areas along the southeastern coastline are expected to close ahead of the storm's landfall.

In a remarkable moment in American political history, a Supreme Court nominee faces an accuser who alleges a sexual assault occurred when they were in high school.

Saudi Arabia has lifted its ban on women driving. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Time magazine's Aryn Baker who's been out on a ride with some of the first women drivers.

After seven law enforcement officers were shot — one fatally — in South Carolina this week, NPR's Michel Martin talks with Maria Haberfeld of CUNY's John Jay College of Criminal Justice.