Romance books recommended by NPR staff for summer reading
Summer is great for some sizzling reads and NPR staff have recommendations for romance novels from our Books We Love list.
A cavalcade of international stars headlined the World Cup’s first-ever halftime final show
With President Trump in attendance, an all-superstar lineup that included Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber and Burna Boy felt a little more political than it might have otherwise.
Old-school digicams are everywhere. What’s behind the return of retro tech?
People who weren’t yet alive in the 1990s and early 2000s are buying up old-school point-and-shoot cameras. For some, it’s a trendy retro vibe; for other, a rebellion against the smartphone era.
Sunday Puzzle: A test of WI-T
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WFDD listener John Dudley of Winston Salem, N.C.
5 clever design tricks to make a small home look bigger
Just because you live in a small place doesn’t mean it has to look or feel cramped. Interior designers share creative strategies to create the illusion of space that work for renters
Cuban artist and dissident exiled from country after 5 years in prison arrives in US
A famous Cuban dissident artist and musician, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, arrived in Miami on Saturday after being released from a five-year prison sentence on the condition that he leave his country.
Wait Wait for July 18. 2026: With Not My Job guest Vicki Peterson
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with guest host Tom Papa, special guest Vicki Peterson and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Helen Hong, and Dulcé Sloan
The 2000s called. They want their digital camera back
Why are people who weren’t born 25 years ago snapping up the digital camera of that era? Blame Taylor Swift, trend cycles, childhood nostalgia and smartphone fatigue.
This unusual, Johnny Carson-backed fund has helped Nebraska arts survive — until now
A unique public-private endowment has long shielded Nebraska’s cultural scene from federal budget cuts. But a massive state deficit is putting its future in jeopardy.
D’oh! I can’t believe I did that! Graceful ways to handle awkward moments
Yes, there is a way to gracefully address that you’ve been walking around with spinach in your teeth. Here are tactics to quickly defuse your most embarrassing, cringe-inducing moments.
