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The Labor Department's unemployment report for September shows a smaller than expected number of job losses from Hurricane Katrina. Even so, unemployment rises to 5.1 percent. But analysts say numbers from October will give a better indication of Katrina's impact on the job market.

Scott Simon talks with violist Mark Ludwig about his efforts to preserve - and play - the music written by some of the many musicians imprisoned and killed at the Terezin concentration camp.

We often think of fatality rates as statistics — numbers on a chart. But each one represents a real person. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on some of those who have been lost so far in the pandemic.

“Oh my gosh, this is unreal. Unreal. Everything we worked for."

Librarians in at least three states are asking the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to intervene after they were fired for refusing to ban books.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with therapist Orna Gurlanik, star of the documentary series "Couples Therapy." The show is challenging the idea that couples therapy is a last-ditch effort for people.

Where does the Russia-Ukraine grain deal stand? A fast-moving fire threatens Mariposa County, Calif. Indiana is likely to join other states that recently moved to restrict abortions.

A community art exhibit in suburban Maryland asked residents to consider a simple question: What have you lost, and what have you found in 2020?

Kazuo Ishiguro's latest novel is set in a mythical Arthurian England. Though the premise was promising, the book is too vague to make much of an impact.