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Gov. Steve Bullock is directing landlords to not evict tenants who aren’t able to pay rent while a state-wide stay-at-home order is in place. The Trump...

As stay-at-home orders set in across the country, Americans are still buying more staple foods than normal, but the spikes in purchases are slightly calmer than a few weeks ago.

More than 3 million homes and businesses in Texas are still without power as grid operators struggle to meet demands during the extremely cold weather.

Andrew Cuomo is under fire for not fully disclosing nursing home deaths. A former aide also says he sexually harassed her.

The author of the critically acclaimed 1996 novel Infinite Jest was found dead in his Claremont, Calif., home on Friday.

As part of "The Changing Face of America" series, NPR's Margot Adler explores how teenagers' computer skills have altered the balance of power in families and schools. Teachers and parents depend on their kids -- in many cases -- to solve Internet and other computer questions. This has changed the dynamic at times in homes and classrooms. There's a sharing of skill. Adler visits Champlain Valley Union High School in Vermont, where some teachers have adopted kids as "mentors" to learn the latest in high-tech skills. MIT Media Lab consultant Seymour Pappert says this growing power for kids will mean less rebellion and more confidence.

When the pandemic deprived Nik Sennhauser of Glasgow of his beloved cuisine, he decided to recreate some of his favorite meals in his home kitchen — such as fried chicken and waffles.

- San Fernando Valley, the home of valley-speak and a certain "L.A. attitude," wants to secede. At least some people there do, and they've got a bill in the state legislature that would make them a separate city--the sixth largest in the U.S. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the reasons behind the Valley's separation blues.

Noah Adams talks to writer Frank McCourt, who has published his first book at the age of 66. It chronicles his childhood in Limerick, Ireland -- years spent in abject poverty. His father spent his wages on liquor; he lived in a cramped home on a decrepit back lane; he vividly remembers the gnawing pain of hunger. But along with the bitterness and anger, he also writes of childhood games and having a vivid imagination, and of his passionate love for books. He came to America when he was 18, and now teaches high school in New York City.

Michele Norris talks to screenwriter Antwone Fisher, who's written an autobiographical screenplay for a film directed by Denzell Washington and opening in theatres today. He says his story came to the attention of studio executives when he was a guard on the studio lot. He wanted to return to his hometown of Cleveland to visit his real and foster families. So he told the long story of how he suffered abuse as a child in a foster home to make the case for the time off. He later convinced producers to let him write the story himself. His drive to suceed was fueled by his foster mother's constant refrain to him that "he'd never amont to anything." He wanted to prove her wrong.