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Toy-makers are warning of emptier shelves and pricier toys this holiday season. Their supplies are ensnarled in floating traffic jams of container ships wallowing near key U.S. ports.

Runaway prices pose a great risk to the economy. People are paying more for everything from meat to rent and gasoline. Reasons include snarls in the global supply chain and lack of workers.

Heynderickx — a Portland, Ore. songwriter and NPR Slingshot artist — entered the Contest three years in a row. She says the Contest has helped her musical career in ways she never expected.

Senegal's exquisite gold jewelry — and the complicated history of the women who wore it — are getting their due at an exhibit at the Smithsonian's Museum of African Art.

City officials spoke earlier Saturday about Friday night's tragedy that killed at least eight people at a Houston music festival.

Ahead of the midterm elections, President Biden is using Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" as a label to paint the GOP as extreme on issues including the economy and abortion rights.

Afghanistan is moving toward peace talks with the Taliban that experts say are necessary to end the country's insurgency. But living under the harsh rule of the Taliban is a bitter memory for many Afghan women -- and a daily reality for others who live in places where the militants have control.

If your idea of an unusual culinary combination is ketchup on scrambled eggs, maybe you'd like to try something a little more exotic. Some chefs at popular restaurants slip secret ingredients into their dishes all the time. NPR's Linda Wertheimer reports on some examples for Morning Edition.

Gloria Hillard recently joined the growing ranks of self-published authors, and reports on the how self-publishing firms are answering a growing desire by writers to see their words in print — and get around the air-tight New York City publishing houses.

San Diego Police have to get regular COVID tests if they request religious exemptions from vaccination. But now, some say the tests also violate their beliefs. And residents say that endangers them.