Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing ended the lottery game's three-month stretch without a top-prize winner. Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot higher, making it the second-largest in U.S. history.

Asfura won Honduras' presidential election, electoral authorities said Wednesday afternoon, ending a weeks-long count that has whittled away at the credibility of the nation's electoral system.

The U.S. slapped visa bans on five prominent Europeans, accusing the EU of censoring free speech on the web by unfairly targeting U.S. tech giants with what they say is overly burdensome regulation.

Ukraine's president says he open to pulling troops back from parts of the east if Russia also pulls back its forces.

Peter Williams makes highly elaborate gingerbread houses. He's depicted San Francisco's Painted Ladies and zoo, as well as a replica of the International Space Station.

AI-generated slop. NPR's Geoff Brumfiel and Shannon Bond discuss how AI-generated videos are shaping reality online.

Albom is the author of Tuesdays with Morrie, which chronicled Albom's relationship with Morrie Schwartz, his old college professor who died of ALS. Originally broadcast Oct. 13, 2025.

Holiday traditions don't all come with matching sweaters and cookie recipes — some are stranger, funnier, and deeply personal. We asked our listeners to share their unconventional holiday traditions.

New research suggests that prescription stimulants for ADHD don't actually improve attention directly. They work on different pathways in the brain that support attention. .

The Trump Administration finalized new plans Dec. 22 for managing sage grouse in California, the Dakotas, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. The move has rekindled a fight over the future of ...

Ten years after the acclaim and controversy of Alice Walker's The Color Purple and long before Girlfriends and Girls Trip, the Black women's ensemble feature was a rarity on American screens — until ...

AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.