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We reported on all sorts of products and practices promising to make you healthy last year. Here are the ones that stood up to science, and those that were mostly hype.

Already 129 people have filed to run for president in 2020. Among them: Donald Trump. Prominent people are considering it, but these elections receive outsize attention compared to office's power.

The release of 4 found Beyoncé in a pivotal career moment — and set the stage for her as an auteur. For writer LaTesha Harris, the album also served as a much-needed guide to freedom and womanhood.

Lake Norman area economic development leaders have joined the debate over how to widen I-77 north of Charlotte, saying they support the state DOT’s plan…

What does representation look like for Tennessee voters who were split into three new congressional districts last week? NPR traveled from Memphis into the Nashville suburbs to ask.

Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona come into focus in the final days. Plus: where things stand in seven other Senate contests, including North Carolina.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Problem Solvers Caucus co-chairs, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.), about the chances that Congress will approve their bipartisan relief bill.

Pop Culture Happy Hour listeners voted on the top movies of all time to win best picture at the Oscars.

We ranked a list of 100 songs that reflects the sprawling, energetic messiness of 2022. Start listening.

The new horror movie, Orphan, had a strong showing at the box office this weekend. But the film, a tale about an orphaned girl and the terror she inflicts on her new adoptive family, struck a nerve with some parents and critics who believe the movie sends harmful messages about adoptees. Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday, an adoptee, and Dr. Jane Aronson, founder of the Worldwide Orphans Foundation, discuss the fallout.

There are 10 state legislature bills concerning so-called “forever chemicals” that have contaminated North Carolina waterways. But who is supporting them has become a partisan issue.

As families around the country watch their favorite Christmas films, NPR's Scott Detrow finds out what makes for a good Christmas movie.

The National Weather Service says a "multi-day catastrophic and potentially historic" storm is expected to impact multiple states as violent weather was reported across the South and Midwest Thursday.

Why did a mural of civil rights giant John Lewis recently go up in Rochester? One of the artists is from there, and it turns out, a group of nuns from Rochester helped to save Lewis' life in 1965.

Educator Joe Clark has died at age 82. He gained fame — and notoriety — in the 1980s for a tough disciplinary record as principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, N.J.

United Airlines is still dealing with a public relations disaster after video went viral of a passenger being dragged off a flight at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

If NPR's Facebook audience has its way, the Villanova Wildcats will repeat as NCAA Men's Basketball National Champions.

A pro-gun control superPAC started by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, onetime astronaut Mark Kelly, launched radio ads against Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Kelly Ayotte for voting against bipartisan background check legislation.

Some experts are concerned that access to genomic information could stoke fears and invade privacy.

Republicans will control both houses of Congress, giving energy firms allies on Capitol Hill. Among the issues lawmakers may take up: the Keystone XL pipeline and lifting the ban on crude exports.