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Ten years ago Colorado became the first state to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use. It's sold nearly $12 billion since then, and recreational pot is legal in nearly half of states.

Most of the characters in Paul Lynch's Booker Prize-winning novel don't want to believe that tyranny is taking shape before their eyes, even as power is cut off and democratic freedoms evaporate.

When she was starring in Funny Girl on Broadway, Streisand says she'd alter the music slightly each night. Her new memoir is My Name is Barbra. Originally broadcast Nov. 8, 2023.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with analysts Yousef Munayyer and Jonathan Schanzer about American interests in continuing to support Israel in its war against Hamas.

The presidential election will have different views on how to handle everything from the economy to immigration and abortion rights. Criminal trials are looming for one of the potential candidates.

2015: Richard Bernstein, first blind justice on Michigan Supreme Court. 1954: MSU Spartans win first Rose Bowl, defeating UCLA 28-20. 1989: The Temptations inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The queen announced in a live New Year's television address that she's stepping down on Jan. 14. The queen's 52-year reign is the longest by a monarch in Danish history.

The Detroit Pistons set the NBA record for the most consecutive losses in a single season: 28. The string ended over the weekend when the Pistons beat the Toronto Raptors.

January 1 is a common birthday in Pakistan and Afghanistan because 1/1 is an easy date for people to remember in cultures that don't follow Western standards of time.

People typically take stock and resolve to make healthy changes around the new year. Blue zones, the longest-lived communities on earth, offer lessons on habits that promote health and longevity.