NPR's Scott Simon remembers Alexei Navalny. The Russian opposition leader died Friday in a penal colony.

Chris Avell, a pastor from Bryan, Ohio, faced charges after turning his church into a quasi-homeless shelter, partly in response to the city's housing shortage.

For people who were involved with Hillary Clinton's failed 2016 presidential campaign, the echoes of then-FBI Director James Comey's press conference on July 5, 2016, are hard to miss.

For people with damaged or diminished hearing, hearing aids are helpful devices that shouldn't carry stigma.

A string of shooting deaths of Chicago high-schoolers shocks and saddens, despite a decrease in the city's homicide rate.

In Boulder, Colo., the county is investing in sustainable farming and helping people buy local produce. It's been called "a triple win" – for customers, farmers and the economy.

The Supreme Court has made history a central test of whether a gun control law is constitutional. That has meant a boom in demand for gun law historians, who are digging up forgotten old gun laws.

Charles Osgood, who died this week at age 91, was too modest to call himself a poet.

When Oregon legalized psilocybin, it did so under a measure that specifically cited the drug's efficacy in treating mental health conditions. Centers are now opening their doors across the state.

Comedian George Carlin has been dead more than 15 years, but AI George Carlin is out with "new" material.

Democrats are counting on young voters in 2024. But first? They have to speak meme to reach the extremely online generation. (This story originally ran on "All Things Considered" on January 19, 2024.)

Thefts of French bulldogs are up nationwide, possibly because they're like jewelry: small, cute and expensive.

Little Tato sneaks a few cherry plums before grabbing a mop and a hose to help Bábo — her grandmother — with a favorite chore.

Three women who decided to try bowling to beat the winter blahs had no idea it would evolve into a 50-year institution: Denver's Blind Bowling League.

A new approach to schizophrenia involves managing early psychosis symptoms and keeping young people in school or jobs. The treatment is effective, but private insurance plans don't usually cover it.