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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko spent most of a year on the International Space Station. Their landing brings an epic mission to an end.

When it comes to teaching their children at home, African-Americans often cite different reasons than white families.

Evie left after a noise in the garden scared her. A taxi driver says the bird landed outside his cab and said, "Hello." He went on Facebook to look for someone missing a parrot, and Evie made it home.

The speech comes as a series of legal setbacks, including a federal judge blocking a major White House project and high-stakes fights at the Supreme Court, are complicating his agenda at home.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Whitman County, Wash., Sheriff Brett Myers about a wildfire that nearly completely destroyed the town of Malden.

Michele Norris visits again with Hurricane Katrina evacuee Sharon White. We have been checking in with her from time to time as she tries to get her life back to normal. She currently lives in Baton Rouge but is hoping to return to her home in New Orleans next month.

Bank foreclosures often force people out of their homes. Some houses re-sell, and new people move in. Five years ago, NPR's Emily Harris bought a house that sold in foreclosure. An evening ring at her doorbell led her to meet the person who had lived there before.

We speak with sound effects artist Fred Newman about the show as creator Garrison Keillor wraps up his decades-long run at the helm this year.

Federal rules mostly prohibit nursing homes from refusing to readmit residents after a hospital stay. But states rarely enforce the regulations. Some California families are now suing the state.

The two rappers perform tracks from their joint mixtape Janktape Vol. 1 for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.