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Signs are pointing to deeper discounts this Black Friday, as stores try to coax anxious shoppers into splurging.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe looks back at the life of video game and LGBTQ pioneer Rebecca Heineman.

A Republican redistricting plan in Texas bets that Latinos will vote for the GOP with as much, or more, enthusiasm as they did in 2024. New polling suggests that's a risky bet.

Much of the turkey's early history is shrouded in uncertainty, historians and etymologists say — which is particularly true of how the bird got its name.

We take a look at President Trump's peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, Marjorie Taylor Greene's decision to step down from Congress, and a surprisingly cordial visit to the White House.

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the evolutionary history of kissing, how moss spores fare in space, and new clues about the collision that created the moon.

Thanksgiving is of course a very American holiday. What, though, is an American overseas at this time of year to do — specially when it comes to eating turkey?

New research shows feverish temperatures make it more difficult for viruses to hijack our cells. A mouse study suggests it's the heat itself that makes the difference.

In the midst of a divorce, Jolena Rothweil asked to borrow some money from a friend. All he asked in return was that she pay it forward, and that act began a chain of kindness.

Bible sales have boomed in recent years. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bob Smietana of Religion News Service about what's behind the trend.