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Utah will host the 2034 winter Olympics, an honor it first had in 2002. The announcement came on the same day the state celebrates its founding by Mormon leader Brigham Young. There are critics and memories of a 2002 bribery scandal.

Over 60 years ago, the Universal Life Church made it possible for anyone to become a minister and ordain a wedding. Today, weddings officiated by family and friends have become a huge part of the way Americans get married.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about chimpanzee "conversations," oxygen from the bottom of the ocean and how a computer program may warn of rogue waves.

Southwest Airlines announced that it will drop the open seating model it's used since its founding more than 50 years ago. The airline is under pressure to boost profits.

The health of the economy always looms large for voters. So the report should be great news for President Biden and Vice President Harris. But the reality is, a lot of Americans aren't feeling it.

In a 4-3 verdict against a patron who sued a restaurant after swallowing a bone from a “boneless wing,” the court ruled that “boneless” doesn’t guarantee that there will be no bones in a chicken wing.

What's with the uptick in COVID cases? There's a pattern that's been repeated each year since COVID started -- a late summer wave. Older people and those who are immuno-compromised should be careful.

In Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's address to Congress, he said civilian casualties in Rafah were "practically none." NPR and other organizations have documented numerous civilian casualties there.

NASA still is not sure when two astronauts might come home in Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft.

Three days away from the start of the tournament, Olympic veteran Kevin Durant and newcomer Steph Curry talked about the stacked NBA star power that's heating up the competition in Paris.