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For more than 30 years, Puppetworks has delighted Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood with performances of The Tortoise and the Hare, Pinocchio, Aladdin and, during the holidays, retellings of stories like The Steadfast Tin Soldier.

NPR critic Bob Mondello narrows down his favorite movies of the year — the ones that made audiences vibrate.

Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has decided to step out of the 2026 race for governor. He's clashed with Trump and been dogged by reports of fraud in state-run social services programs.

Downtown Phoenix businesses sued the city over a sprawling homeless encampment. The city's solution appears successful two years later, but funding for it is set to run out.

San Francisco Unified School District presented a budget update yesterday. Financially things are looking up, but there’s still lots of uncertainty.

Joan Steidl, who is now retired, shares her reinvention takeaways. She has a podcast about confronting the generational divide, takes comedy workshops and went back to college.

The Trump administration is withdrawing from 66 global groups, including U.N. entities that focus on climate and health issues.

Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part of a strategy to keep deadly pathogens from spreading through the colony.

Family members carry the burden and costs of caring for America's aging population. Federal policy change is slow to come but a new movement and state actions are building momentum.

Today, a story about leaving this world… and coming back. Then, a new film about a daughter learning to accept her gay father. And, why unhoused people use “street names.”

One pianist has noticed an interesting pattern in demographic trends when it comes to the songs people request for him to play.

NPR's Daniel Estrin discusses the latest with NPR international correspondent Carrie Kahn.