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The Federal Reserve is considering whether to adopt a digital version of the dollar, one better suited to a world where we are already using Venmo and Apple Pay. Here's what to know.

Greek composer and politician Mikis Theodorakis has died. He was 96 years old. His music for Zorba the Greek was full of joy — but his own story was much more complicated.

With the omicron surge fading, the Biden administration is looking to the next phase of the pandemic. Americans appear eager to get there.

She's played many a mom, but her real trademark is playing strong, gutsy women on screen. In an upcoming one-woman stage show, she takes on one of the gutsiest: former Texas Gov. Ann Richards. Susan Stamberg sits down for a conversation with the actress, who says Richards "has captured my imagination."

The Republican Party has resisted calls for increased gun-control measures. Steve Inskeep talks to GOP political consultant Alex Conant about whether last week's Florida shooting changed that.

There are 63 artists in this year's Biennial, including An-My Lê, whose photography touches on immigration, and Raúl de Nieves, who made a stained glass window with tape, paper, beads and more.

Hat tricks have a rich history in hockey, but it didn't start there. For NPR's Word of the Week, we trace the term's some 150-year-history and why it's particularly special on the hockey rink.

Netflix's popular crime series is about to drop the first half of its last season. We look at five questions that hang over these seven episodes, and the seven more that will follow.

Reproductive rights proponents worry about the risk of counseling those who seek medication abortions, though they've published online support techniques and guides for safe use of the drugs.

The 2022 Emmys handed out awards to Succession, Squid Game, Abbott Elementary, The White Lotus, Ted Lasso, Lizzo's Here's To The Big Grrrls and others. We've got five things you need to know.