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Two homeless mothers in Oakland are fighting to stay in an empty house that they've taken over. They're against speculators who are buying vacant housing amid the Bay Area's growing housing crisis.

The airline launched a Middle Seat Lottery. Each week it will give prizes to passengers. One prize is a full day helicopter pub craw, and another includes free plane tickets.

The popular Welcome to Night Vale podcast imagines a creepy desert town where conspiracies are real. From the hooded figures lurking in the closed-up dog park to the mysterious lights above the Arby's, Night Vale is a standard small American town that's just not quite right.

Many of the homes destroyed by Hurricane Ian earlier this fall are owned by elderly people. They are now deciding whether to stay, or if it is time to move elsewhere.

A new study finds that sitting still is linked to a higher risk of depression among teens, but even an hour of light physical activity every day reduces the risk of depression by 10%.

With President Obama's popularity suffering, other big-name Democrats are trying to give candidates a boost. Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Don Gonyea about what they're telling voters.

NPR's Neal Conan reads from listener comments on previous show segments, including responses to a conversation about how to keep your resume out of an online black hole and the best way to welcome veterans home from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Healthcare professionals, emergency responders, and other frontline workers faced extraordinary challenges during the pandemic. For our series on resilience, we hear how they persevered.

Because of COVID-19 protocols, school band classes have been moved to parking lots and athletic fields. Students attach coverings to the end of their instruments to stop droplets from getting out.