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NPR recently wanted to know: What about America are you most thankful for? Our audience answered, and writer Kwame Alexander crafted an epic poem of celebration and gratitude from the replies.

Karen Hollis, of San Diego, Calif., has chronic lymphocytic leukemia. She shares what it's been like living through the pandemic with a weakened immune system.

Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser talks with NPR's David Greene about why his country is standing in solidarity with other countries and expelling a Russian military attaché.

You may have heard about plans to put missiles on London rooftops during the Olympics to shoot down intruders. There is another interesting weapon that will be deployed to keep away a threat that Londoners live with every day: pigeons.

Scientists in the Arctic are concerned that the rift with Russia over Ukraine will set back crucial work on climate change.

In his final pre-launch press conference, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin says the space shuttle is ready for its first flight in more than two years. Shuttle engineers were briefly alarmed when a shuttle window cover fell and smashed a few tiles on the orbiter, damaging a wing.

Other items like water or soda bottles or snack bags aren't banned yet. But the government has set targets for manufacturers to be responsible for recycling or disposing of them after their use.

For small towns with dwindling populations and shrinking tax bases, luring travelers to stop and spend a few dollars is a matter of survival. Some turn to quirky roadside tourist attractions.

If a comic book about surviving middle school doesn't sound like a must read to you, think again. Critic Maureen Corrigan says that Jeff Kinney's Dog Days — the latest in his Diary of a Wimpy Kid series — hits home with any crowd.

Pulitzer-Prize winning author Richard Russo edited this year's compendium of the best short stories. He speaks to Audie Cornish about the best new voices in fiction.