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NPR's Peter Kenyon profiles Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, the Democratic counterpart to John McCain on the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform bill. Like McCain, Feingold has a knack of irritating his own party. But he could turn out to be the Democrats' best hope of attracting independent voters to their side of the aisle.

Here's why the 19th-century French comic opera and its famous can-can music is perfect music for Halloween 2021.

The U.S. is the only developed country that does not offer national paid family leave.

According to their findings, Vikings sailed to Newfoundland about 1,000 years ago.

Susanna Capelouto of Georgia Public Radio reports that the deaths of teen-agers on Georgia highways, particularly around Atlanta, has state lawmakers concerned.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports on the aftermath of today's terrorist attack south of Tel Aviv. A Palestinian driver rammed his bus into a crowd of Israeli soldiers and civilians, leaving eight dead and at least 17 injured. It was the worst attack in Israel since the latest Palestinian uprising began last September.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that dozens of the nation's wealthiest citizens have signed a petition urging Congress not to repeal the estate tax.

Linda Wertheimer talks with ABC correspondent Martha Raddatz, a former defense correspondent for NPR. Raddatz describes what it was like when she was allowed to sit at the controls of a U.S. Navy submarine.

On this Valentine's Day, Commentator Ethan Herberman offers a love story from his trip to the Vancouver Zoo.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports BellSouth plans to get out of its pay phone business by the end of next year. It's one of many indications that the coin-operated pay phone, first installed in 1889 in Connecticut, may have finally outlived its usefulness in today's wireless society.