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Hoda Kotb says goodbye after 17 years at 'Today'

Kathie Lee Gifford, Oprah Winfrey, and a handful of special guests gave Hoda Kotb a tearful sendoff during her last day on Today. The longtime host has been with the show for 17 years.

Suicide is a leading cause of death in the U.S. prison system. How can jails reduce risk factors?

Numbers out of the Justice Department show that most suicides in jail happen shortly after booking — nearly half of them within the first week.

In 2000, Oklahoma truckers moved 50 feet of concrete pavement from U.S.
66 to the collections of the National Museum of American History to mark
the significance of U.S. numbered highways, and Route 66 as a prime example. This particular stretch of pavement is believed to be from 1932. (Courtesy of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History,
Gift of Oklahoma Department of Transportation)

Route 66 is not the longest or most-travelled American highway. So why is it the most famous?

Long before interstates stitched the country together, there was “The Mother Road.” Route 66 crossed through eight states from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif.

Trans families are migrating to Colorado so their kids can get gender-affirming care

Last year, 16 states banned some form of gender-affirming healthcare. That's prompting families of kids who need it to move to states where it remains legal, including Colorado.

Jennifer Wing

Jennifer Wing is an on-call reporter and news host for KPLU. She’s from Philadelphia, but has been living in the Northwest for well over a decade. Jennifer has had many memorable KPLU radio moments over the years, but one that sticks with her is being allowed to watch a young man struggle to learn how to read. Jennifer says, “He'd made it all the way through middle school and most of high school not knowing how. He finally fell into the hands of some adults who cared enough to give him the time and attention he needed.”

A mother works from home while her son attends school remotely in an arranged photograph taken in Miami in September.

Virtual Charter Schools Are Booming, Despite A Checkered Reputation

For-profit virtual charter schools have been dogged by complaints of low student performance, fraud and waste. Still, many are seeing a pandemic-induced enrollment surge.

Gilberto Olivas-Bejarano walks through his neighborhood in León, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. Olivas-Bejarano was deported to Mexico after residing in the U.S. for 26 years.

Deported After Living In The U.S. For 26 Years, He Navigates A New Life In Mexico

After losing protections under the DACA program, Gilberto Olivas-Bejarano was deported to his birth country. In the Mexican city of León, far from his former life, he says he has much to offer.

In The New Show 'SCHMIGADOON!,' A Couple Goes On A Hike, And Runs Into A Musical

A couple encounters a magical, musical town while on a hike: that's the premise of the TV show, "SCHMIGADOON!" Scott Simon talks with co-creator Cinco Paul and actor Keegan-Michael Key.

American West Paintings Bringing in Top Dollar

Record prices are being paid for landscape paintings of the American West. Hal Cannon of the Western Folklife Center went to the Couer d'Alene Art Auction in Reno, Nev., and found serious buyers bidding into the hundreds of thousands or more, to own a Frederick Remington or a Charlie Russell or a Frank McCarthy.

Merrick Garland, President Biden's nominee for U.S. attorney general, speaks in Wilmington, Del., on Jan. 7.

Merrick Garland Heads For Confirmation Hearing, 5 Years After He Was Denied A Vote

The former Supreme Court nominee will face the Senate this week as President Biden's pick to lead the Justice Department. If confirmed, he'll inherit a department reeling from political scandals.

Wade Goodwyn reported for NPR for three decades and was known for his deep Texas bass and keen reporting observations and sharp writing. He's pictured here at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 2018.

Wade Goodwyn, longtime NPR correspondent, dies at age 63

Wade Goodwyn had one of public radio's most recognizable voices, but it was his rich writing and keen observations that made him a listener favorite over decades at NPR.

David Cassidy walks down a street in London in April 1974.

David Cassidy, Singer And 1970s TV Heartthrob, Dies At 67

Cassidy's role as an adolescent aspiring musician on the TV show The Partridge Family turned him into a real-life, teen-dream pop idol.

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