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In May, we marked the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's sonnets by asking NPR listeners and readers to write in with modern love poems or songs that they think will be remembered 400 years from now. Here are a few of those suggestions.

The boom in data centers has brought plenty of work and lots of overtime to union electricians, putting them at odds with many communities trying to block new data center construction.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Santa Monica City Councilmember Kristin McCowan on the impact the city's "Right to Return" program could have on families displaced for development decades ago.

Shipping companies are looking for alternative routes as the Strait of Hormuz lockdown drags on.

Among the many issues in contention at the Syrian peace talks is the possibility of humanitarian relief for cities and villages under siege. No place is in greater need of assistance than the city of Homs in western Syria. One of the first regions to rise up against President Bashar al-Assad, Homs is now the site of an ongoing humanitarian aid crisis. Approximately two to three thousand people find themselves trapped in a disputed district and in increasingly desperate circumstances.

Antoine Fuqua's remake of the 1960 Western centers on a band of men who have volunteered to save a village from a greedy mine owner. Fuqua says it's a "simple story of [being] in service of others."

NPR welcomes a new crop of Pulitzer-winning journalists, among them the team behind No Compromise, a podcast from member stations KCUR and WABE.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has apologized for a failure in communication around his recent hospital stay for prostate cancer treatment. He was roundly criticized for not alerting the White House.

Refugees and resettlement agencies around the U.S. are facing uncertainty as the courts decide what happens to the U.S. refugee program, but donations for refugees are piling up as agencies wait.

A growing number of American mothers are staying home to raise their children, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. Listeners share their own stories about making that choice.