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Tammy Duckworth, a former Army helicopter pilot who lost both legs in a 2004 attack in Iraq, is running for the Illinois House seat occupied by retiring GOP Rep. Henry Hyde. Duckworth comes from a long line of veterans with serious war injuries who wind up in politics.

Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is preparing to leave the U.S. Senate having lost re-election in November. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the North Dakota senator about her term.

Actor Andy Garcia narrates a story about the "readers" who made life in cigar factories tolerable.

Culture coach Valorie Burton gives advice on what to say — and what not to say — to a friend who's recently lost his or her job.

Hannalee Pervan is a baker and owner of the One House Bakery in Benicia. She lost her sense of taste and smell after contracting COVID-19, and is working without two essential tools of her trade.

Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has pretty much cut sugar out of his diet (and lost about 100 pounds). But there is one important exception. In Poughkeepsie, N.Y., a local bakery serves the Italian dessert "sfogiatelle." How non-artificially sweet it is!

After months of lobbying, cajoling and hoping, a small Indiana town has the prize it longed for: a promise from Honda to build its newest auto plant there. Greensburg, Ind., beat out at least seven other Midwestern towns for the facility. Today, Honda made its announcement.

The Asian tsunami that struck one year ago left nearly 170,000 people dead or missing in the Indonesian province of Aceh alone. Hundreds of thousands more lost their homes and the rebuilding process has not been as swift as they had hoped.

On a new CD, God Shall Be Praised, recently discovered manuscripts at a 12th-century German convent awaken an ancient sound world. The shifting patterns of melodies were composed with subtle genius, to interest the ear but also create a sense of calmness and inner reflection.

Bill Hawkins was Cleveland’s first black disc jockey. He was known for a jiving, rhyming style that had influence throught the industry and earned him many imitators. He also had a son he never knew. Lost and Found Sound sends that son -- William Allen Taylor -- back to Cleveland to find out more about his father.