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Children participate in the Archuleta County Fair's pie-eating contest in Pagosa Springs, Colo., on Aug. 5, 2021.

Pie-eating contests offer a sweet way for communities to reconnect after lockdowns

Photographer Maggie Shannon spent two weeks on the road with her husband in the summer of 2021, capturing the joy pie brings in pie-eating contests at county fairs across the country.

A man walks his bike through a parking lot littered with broken glass in Bucha, Ukraine.

In Bucha, death, devastation and a graveyard of mines

Images of dead civilians in the streets of Bucha shocked the world and intensified concerns of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Officials want more military aid, and bigger consequences for Russia.

At this year's U.N. climate conference, a major focus is boosting investment in developing countries. Experts say renewable energy projects like this wind farm in South Africa can be attractive to private investors.

Investors have trillions to fight climate change. Developing nations get little of it

Private investment is crucial to addressing climate change. But a big barrier to private investment in developing countries is the perception that risks are higher than in industrialized nations.

The 100 Best Songs Of 2022 (80-61)

We ranked a list of 100 songs that reflects the sprawling, energetic messiness of 2022. Start listening.

Dmytriy Omelyanov is working with a fellow student on a project involving cockroaches. They will be competing in the science fair virtually from Ukraine.

These Ukrainian students are competing virtually in an international science fair

Students from Ukraine are among the finalists in this week's Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair. They're researching topics from cancer treatments to cockroaches.

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which saw scenes of desperation and violence inside and outside of Kabul's airport, has coincided with a drop in President Biden's approval rating. Biden has fiercely defended the evacuation.

Biden's Approval Rating Hits A New Low After The Afghanistan Withdrawal

President Biden's approval rating slid to just 43%, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. The decline is principally due to independents, a key swing group.

Greg Tate (right) levitates while conducting Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber.

Under Greg Tate's direction, musical possibilities were limitless

Greg Tate's death left an immeasurable hole in the universe of cultural criticism. Vernon Reid, Matana Roberts, Jared Michael Nickerson and Christina Wheeler pay tribute to his music as Burnt Sugar.

Reporter Chloe Veltman reacts to hearing her digital voice double, "Chloney," for the first time, with Speech Morphing chief linguist Mark Seligman.

Send in the clones: Using artificial intelligence to digitally replicate human voices

Thanks to advances in artificial intelligence, it's never been easier or more affordable to make a perfect facsimile of a human voice: a celebrity, a world leader or even a public-radio reporter.

How to pitch to NPR Music

We're looking for sharp, unexpected angles on music and the culture it reflects.

Mike Noel at the Heritage Plantation community, June 8, 2022. Noel retired and bought a home in the mobile home park and looked forward to fishing in the ocean 20 minutes away. "I thought I was moving to paradise," he says.

From floods to slime: Mobile home residents say landlords make millions, neglect them

Elderly homeowners in Florida are suing the billion dollar company that owns their mobile home park. Big companies are buying up parks around the country, but critics say residents pay the price.

Brenna Huckaby competes during the Women's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2 Qualification during day two of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics on Sunday.

Paralympian Brenna Huckaby wins bronze after a legal fight to compete in the games

Huckaby took third in a division of women's snowboard cross, but, despite a gold in the 2018 games, she wasn't allowed to compete until a court ruled in January she could.

Paralympian Brenna Huckaby wins bronze after a legal fight to compete in the games

Huckaby took third in a division of women's snowboard cross, but, despite a gold in the 2018 games, she wasn't allowed to compete until a court ruled in January she could.

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