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The weather is cooling down and it's time to take a load off and snuggle under the blankets. NPR's Life Kit podcast shares 11 ways to embrace leisure and relaxation this fall season.

Nearly half of Europeans died from the plague. Now a new study shows a protective gene mutation that survivors passed on to help with future outbreaks might cause other problems.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Sarah Bidgood of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies about the arms control agreement known as New START, which Russia's president says he's suspending.

One of the most outspoken critics of the withdrawal is Michael McCaul of Texas.

Fresh Air's film critic says it was a terrific year for movies but also a dispiriting one. Blockbusters brought audiences back to theaters, but romantic comedies and grown-up dramas often struggled.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Dara Massicot, a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation, about what's behind a significant change of command for Russian forces in the war in Ukraine.

Crescent Dragonwagon was in her 20s when she wrote a story told entirely in dialogue between a mother and her child. Now, she's updating her 1977 text with new illustrations by Jessica Love.

After a long campaign cycle that stretched into December with a runoff election, Georgia elected Sen. Raphael Warnock to a full term.

Activists are campaigning against clinics that offer care for transgender teenagers. Some families worry that will only fuel efforts to ban gender-affirming care in their state.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has placed the onus on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to negotiate a debt ceiling solution with the White House.