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The next version of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders proposes to lump nail biters and other pathological groomers with people who have obsessive compulsive disorder. But some psychiatrists see nail biting as a much more benign habit.

Over the years. the Oscars has snubbed work beloved by critics and fans.

The U.S. Supreme Court has supposedly decided to overrule Roe V. Wade, according to a leaked first draft opinion obtained by Politico. The document has not been verified by NPR.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, two books that take us behind the scenes at a pair of workplaces that might make you want to keep your day job.The…

A history professor who studies the politics of memory tells us what the United States can learn from how Germans remember their history.

Last month, photographer Cayla Nimmo documented the scenes of Diné Pride in Window Rock, Ariz. The festivities were in the shadow of the Navajo Nation's same-sex marriage ban.

Two composers became instrument builders to score the film, set in the pioneer days of the American West. "We both knew what the movie sounded like. We just had to find it," Tommy Lee Jones says.

One of the most tragic moments in civil rights history, the murder of Emmett Till, unfolds from the viewpoint of a young girl in Linda Williams Jackson's new YA novel. She talks to NPR's Ailsa Chang.

For the past couple of days, we've been sharing nontraditional Thanksgiving Day traditions sent in by our listeners. Today, we have two more post-Thanksgiving ones. Melissa Block talks with Linda Shirley Reed of Columbia, S.C., about how she gets rid of leftovers. She also talks with Brian Merrell of Lee's Summit, Mo., about his family's yearly tradition of baking thousands of leibkuchen cookies.

A controversial provision that would have allowed for the sale of national forest and other public lands is likely to be removed from a mega budget bill now before the U.S. Senate.

A free camp for low-income high schoolers aims to close the digital divide around AI know-how. Campers work on AI solutions to real-world environmental and medical challenges.

Co-writers and co-directors Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina spent six years creating their Oscar-nominated animated film about the Day of the Dead. Originally broadcast Jan. 10, 2018.

Reporters' analysis of the findings of the 4-year investigation, voices of parishioners and abuse survivors, and perspectives from a doctor who treats sexual abuse.

Our annual holiday broadcast features members of the traditional music ensembles Helicon, Charm City Junction and the Ken & Brad Kolodner Quartet, performing live at WYPR's sister station, WTMD.

It takes a village to make the music we love. We remember the singers, songwriters, composers, instrumentalists, producers and journalists that we lost in 2024.

"We look at her appearance. She looks like anybody's mother or grandmother," said Undersheriff Carmine Marceno of Lee County, Fla.

The law allows the government to determine what constitutes false information and stipulates hefty fines and jail sentences for people and media companies that violate it.

Veteran mystery author Lee Goldberg introduces a compelling new character in Lost Hills: Eve Ronin, rookie detective and unwilling media darling after her arrest of a famous actor went viral.

At a free screening of the film in Selma, Ala., many in the audience — both black and white — had firsthand connections to the history portrayed on the screen.