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Despite the pandemic recession, holiday sales are expected to set a new record, topping $755 billion.

The near obliteration of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River has triggered evacuations and raised concern about Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which uses the reservoir to cool its reactors.

Perceptions of what happened in Ferguson, Missouri, have broken down along racial lines. NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Slate writer Jamelle Bouie about the racial dimensions of the case.

The Denver Broncos were about to beat the Oakland Raiders — but for 18 seconds, the bookmaker FanDuel said the team was a 750-1 underdog. Some eagle-eyed fans saw a chance for a win of their own.

Despite public health warnings about benzene contamination in the town's water supply, some Paradise residents say they have no choice but to return.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is lifting a long-standing ban on women serving in combat. To break down what it means, host Michel Martin speaks with Politico's Tim Mak, who covers defense and national security.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Guilherme Casarões, political science professor in Brazil, about the parallels between Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro in the wake of riots in the Brazilian capital.

"Weird Al" Yankovic's self-titled debut came out 40 years ago, on May 3, 1983. So our resident super-fan listened to all of his songs and ranked the 40 best.

This is the first Republican debate since the Paris and San Bernardino attacks — and Donald Trump's call for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S.

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners inside NPR and explains how we do our journalism. Here, Eleanor Beardsley shares what it's like to report from Paris, which is experiencing extreme heat due to climate change, for this week's Reporter's Notebook.