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After the Fall: How Olympic figure skaters soar after stumbling on the ice - 2026-02-07T08:02:45-05:00
Olympic figure skating is often seems to take athletes to the very edge of perfection, but even the greatest stumble and fall. How do they pull themselves together again on the biggest world stage? Toughness, poise and practice.

Opinion: Alternate endings for modern attention spans - 2026-02-07T08:00:00-05:00
Some film professors are bemoaning the shortcuts students take to avoid watching assigned movies: some don't know what happens at the end. NPR's Scott Simon offers his own synopses.

They're cured of leprosy. Why do they still live in leprosy colonies? - 2026-02-07T07:52:52-05:00
Leprosy is one of the least contagious diseases around — and perhaps one of the most misunderstood. The colonies are relics of a not-too-distant past when those diagnosed with leprosy were exiled.

This season, 'The Pitt' is about what doesn't happen in one day - 2026-02-07T07:00:00-05:00
The first season of The Pitt was about acute problems. The second is about chronic ones.

Lindsey Vonn is set to ski the Olympic downhill race with a torn ACL. How? - 2026-02-07T06:49:35-05:00
An ACL tear would keep almost any other athlete from competing -- but not Lindsey Vonn, the 41-year-old superstar skier who is determined to cap off an incredible comeback from retirement with one last shot at an Olympic medal.

The CIA World Factbook is dead. Here's how I came to love it - 2026-02-07T05:00:00-05:00
The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week.

State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office - 2026-02-07T05:00:00-05:00
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.

DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE - 2026-02-07T05:00:00-05:00
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.

Trump promised a crypto revolution. So why is bitcoin crashing? - 2026-02-07T05:00:00-05:00
Trump got elected promising to usher in a crypto revolution. More than a year later, bitcoin's price has come tumbling down. What happened?

Mariah Carey, coffee makers and other highlights from the Olympic opening ceremony - 2026-02-06T20:33:45-05:00
NPR reporters at the Milan opening ceremony layered up and took notes.