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The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly.

NPR editor Barrie Hardymon and producer Marc Rivers talk about the joy of loving movies everyone else loves to hate.

NPR editor Barrie Hardymon and producer Marc Rivers talk about the joy of loving movies everyone else loves to hate.

Today is both International Cat Day as well as Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day

After over a decade in exile, many Syrians living abroad are contemplating what was once unthinkable: going home. But what does home look like today?

Today is Juneteenth!

Air quality reached "unhealthy" levels in North Dakota and small swaths of Montana, Minnesota and South Dakota, according to the EPA.

Fast-moving wildfires are rolling across the Canadian prairies, forcing thousands to evacuate in three provinces as crews race to contain the advancing flames.

On this week's episode of "Sights & Sounds," author and retired librarian Dorothy Lazard gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.

Cynicism is tempting in uncertain times. But Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki says cynicism makes us more lonely, less trusting and less healthy. He suggests opting for "hopeful skepticism" instead.

Bomba. It's a word you feel: percussive, rhythmic, pulsating. The art form grew out of the Afro Indigenous cultures of Puerto Rico. But it’s much more than dance music. Bomba echoes and resonates with the violent history of slavery and resistance in Puerto Rico.

Forecasters say a major rainstorm is expected to hit Los Angeles this week. What consequences could that have in the wake of the LA fires? And what are local officials doing to prepare?