Life Kit has tips on how to paint your rental
It might feel risky to make big, bold changes to a brand new apartment. But NPR's Life Kit has tips for making your space your own, without losing your security deposit.
High school theater attendance is up — as are concerns about censorship, survey finds
The annual survey of the most popular high school musicals and plays is out. In addition to top ten lists, the report finds attendance is up 13% but theatre teachers are worried about censorship.
'Spider-Man' kicks off summer blockbuster season with big, broad audiences
Spider-Man has kicked off summer blockbuster season with bigger — and broader — attendance than expected. The film opened strongly in 59 countries, with unusually diverse audiences in North America.
Firefighting is mostly white and male. A California program aims to change that
Fire departments have tried to diversify their ranks for years with only modest success. The profession remains overwhelmingly white and male. One California training program is trying to change that.
The relative calm of Senegal has been shattered by protests, arrests and deaths
Senegal has been wracked by unrest, violence and sporadic social media blackouts in a country that is usually seen as a beacon of democracy and calm in an unstable region of West Africa.
Review: First episode of MAX's 'Idol' is stylish but oddly inert
MAX's Idol debuted this week. The show was the subject of an expose about bad behavior by some of its creators. The first episode is stylish but oddly inert.
A plane with a dark past is returning from the U.S. to Argentina
A plane used by Argentina's military dictatorship in what have been dubbed "death flights" has been located. It will go in a museum dedicated to victims of torture during Argentina's Dirty War.
A young aid worker from Bakhmut, Ukraine, mourns the loss of the city but won't leave
A young rescue worker who helped evacuate thousands from his hometown — a city now synonymous with the war's longest and bloodiest battle — grieves its loss but refuses to leave the frontline.
People search for loved ones and morgues fill after deadly train derailment in India
Desperate families are still looking for their loved ones in the Indian state of Odisha following Friday's train accident. There's a crunch at the morgues as scores of bodies still remain unclaimed.
MY UNSUNG HERO - ANDY DAVIS
Andy Davis was never able to meet his unsung hero — a woman named Sarah Ivy, whose heart gave him another shot at life after his failed.
Why some Muslim women are using different pronouns for Allah
Some Muslim women are using feminine pronouns to refer to God. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Hafsa Lodi, who wrote about this movement in The Revealer, about what's driving this.
Lessons for living a happy life, according to science
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Robert Waldinger, one of the authors of The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study on Happiness.