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Detroit gets its first new mayor in a dozen years, as 38-year-old Mary Sheffield is sworn in. Sheffield also becomes Detroit's first woman mayor.

Angry over a new ad campaign for the famous Brazilian sandal brand Havaianas, the right is trying to get consumers to boycott the iconic flip flops.

We look at the use of the National Guard by President Trump — as well as the Democratic governor of New Mexico — in cities with higher-than-average crime. How effective can we say the Guard have been?

Attorney General Jeff Jackson said North Carolina will “get back the $17 million that Congress promised.”

The weeklong celebration of Kwanzaa is a perfect opportunity to revisit soothing, hearty winter foods, says celebrity chef Tanya Holland.

Joan Steidl, who is now retired, shares her reinvention takeaways. She has a podcast about confronting the generational divide, takes comedy workshops and went back to college.

What was it like to work with Toni Morrison as an editor? One NPR editor looked into it.

The first American pope, the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, and clergy-members' response to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are the top religion stories of 2025.

Baker and Taylor is among a few companies that act as the distribution middle man between libraries and publishers. The company's announcement that it is shutting down is a blow to librarians.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Cynthia Cook from the Center for International and Strategic Studies about why naval shipbuilding in the U.S. has become so difficult lately.