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If it seems like traffic is getting worse where you live, that's because it probably is. After dropping during the COVID-19 pandemic, congestion climbed to record levels in 2024, researchers say.

FIFA held a draw to determine who all 48 participating countries in the FIFA World Cup 2026 will face in the group phase of the tournament, which the U.S., Canada and Mexico are co-hosting.

Some tree farms in the central U.S. are selling more potted Christmas trees as people seek out an eco-friendly option or look to get more than one use out of their evergreens.

Stoppard, who died Nov. 29, wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Real Thing, and the screenplays for Empire of the Sun and Shakespeare in Love. Originally broadcast in 1991.

As a member of Stax Records' Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Cropper helped create some of the most important Southern soul music of the '60s. He died Dec. 3. Originally broadcast in 1990.

The Zac Brown Band's first five albums hit #1 on the Billboard Country Charts. Their latest is Love & Fear.

More young Chinese people increasingly see their pets as members of the family, and a robust industry servicing those pets -- including providing funerary services -- is flourishing.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Phil Mudd, who previously served as deputy director of the CIA's Counterterrorist Center and the FBI's National Security Branch, about the arrest of the pipe bomb suspect.

A small community of Afghan immigrants have made Bellingham, Wash., their home. After one of their own allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers, the community grapples with fear and sorrow.

Brass concerts are a centuries-old holiday tradition that symphonies across Iowa have picked up over the years. We've compiled a list of all the holiday concerts to catch this season.