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With ice cream theft up, some grocery stores add lid locks to pints as a deterrence

Grocery stores are trying to curb thefts of a hot commodity this summer: ice cream! One solution is something called the pint lock, which makes it almost impossible to open the ice cream container.

Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., participate in a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News Wednesday in Miami.

6 takeaways from the third Republican primary debate

At the GOP debate in Miami, five Republicans sparred over top issues include the Israel-Hamas war, Ukraine, China, abortion and Social Security. Here's what you need to know.

Graphic novelist Daniel Clowes makes his otherworldly return in 'Monica'

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with graphic novelist Daniel Clowes about his much anticipated newest work, Monica.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has close ties to the evangelical movement, including some fringe elements.

Speaker Johnson's close ties to Christian right — both mainstream and fringe

The Louisiana Republican has deep ties to evangelical leaders, including pastors who hold anti-democratic views and helped fuel the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as a battle for God to save America.

The weathered but hopeful <em>The Ballad of Darren</em> is Blur's ninth album, and third since singer Damon Albarn launched his mega-collaborative project Gorillaz.

Blur's 'Ballad' to bittersweet midlife

On The Ballad of Darren, the band's ninth album (and a surprise after years away), Damon Albarn and company understand the key to aging gracefully is noticing the things your younger self never could.

People wait at the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles office at Atlantic Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York on December 18, 2019.

REAL ID enforcement is delayed again to 2025

The original deadline for the Transportation Security Administration and other federal agencies to only accept REAL ID-compliant cards was back in 2008.

Every year, an estimated 100,000 young adults or adolescents in the U.S. experience a psychotic episode. Only 10-20% of them gain access to the holistic treatment approach recommended by the National Institute of Mental Health as the gold standard of care for early psychosis, due to lack of space or because insurance won't cover it.

It keeps people with schizophrenia in school and on the job. Why won't insurance pay?

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.

The federal government, the nation's largest employer, is urging a return to office for federal employees this fall. A government report found that in the first three months of 2023, building occupancy at 17 federal agency was 25% or less.

Biden wants federal workforce to come to the office more. Some ask why?

As employers including the federal government cut back on remote work, employees who never had any intention of working from an office push back and threaten to retire or resign.

Update: Investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election result

The grand jurors who may be asked to indict former President Donald Trump in Georgia have officially been seated. We check in on the status of the investigation in Fulton County.

"There's a lot of memories here, some good, some bad," said Danny Smith, reflecting on his years working at the now-defunct Solid Energy mine in Pike County, Ky. Smith, 51, suffers from an advanced and incurable stage of black lung disease.

As coal miners suffer and die from severe black lung, a proposed fix may fall short

For decades, miners have called for limits on highly toxic silica dust, which they're exposed to while mining. An investigation shows its impact and the weakness of proposed rules to protect them.

Jay Park: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

The singer and rapper displays the subtle breadth of his music in this Tiny Desk (home) concert.

Actors Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson on their new film 'Rye Lane'

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson, who star in the new film "Rye Lane." It's a story about young love and bad breakups set over an eventful day in London.

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