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Despite measures meant to protect renters during the pandemic, homelessness among Latino residents has spiked in San Francisco.

Ukrainian troops continue to try to win back Russian-occupied territory, including the city of Kherson, which is the only regional capital that the Russians have thus far seized in the invasion.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Todd Field about his new film "Tar", which tracks the fictional unraveling of one of the world's great orchestra conductors, played by Cate Blanchett.

Topeka Zoo Animal Curator Shanna Simpson explains why a lioness there has sprouted a mane.

Spanish musician Guitarricadelafuente discusses the making of his debut album, La Cantera, and the mix of both the ancient and the modern that's essential to his sound.

Why do mosquitos bite some people more than others? NPR's Scott Simon talks with researcher Leslie Vosshall, who looked into this phenomenon and has some answers.

The energy crisis in Europe is having a knock-on effect in the grain industry, where fertilizer — which requires a lot of energy to produce - is in short supply.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Dani Shapiro about her new novel, "Signal Fires," which follows how lives in one neighborhood change following a car accident in 1985.

Neither of the reclusive author's interconnected books The Passenger and Stella Maris contains the savagery and bloodletting his readers have come to expect — there's less action and more dialogue.

The origin of the sandwich has been a long-standing debate between Tampa and Miami, which both claim ownership. The truth is neither came up with it.