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Facing a weeks-long mass transit strike, French President Emmanuel Macron spelled out his vision for the country in his New Year's Eve address to the nation.

In Russia a new generation is coming of age — one that has grown up entirely during the 20-year reign of President Putin. They have no memories of post-Soviet hardship.

NPR's Noel King talks to Ryan Crocker, former U.S. ambassador to Iran, about the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, which is renewing scrutiny about U.S. policies in Iraq and Iran.

Media coverage of college sports has been a mix of entertainment and boosterism. But today, as college athlete rights have become a major issue, the journalism is getting more hard-edged.

As 2020 begins, consider taking up a new hobby! Marjorie Rival of Bridgeport, Conn., shares her passion for gardening.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with sports columnist Christine Brennan of USA Today about the death of former NBA commissioner David Stern. He was 77.

It isn't hard to imagine yourself inside a Hopper painting (say, having a coffee at a late-night diner) and now, for $150 a night, you can sleep in a re-creation of his 1957 work, Western Motel.

A recent study found students may inadvertently choose their college major, in part, based on how tired they were in the subject's introductory course — especially if it was an early morning class.

Jordan and Jennifer Olsen were teenagers in 1997 when they met working at a Subway in Kaysville, Utah. Nearly 20 years later, the couple now married, decided to buy the shop from the retiring owners.

The state now requires women and girls under 18 to obtain permission from their parents or a judge. But in a recent poll, most Massachusetts voters favored letting minors decide on their own.