The Latest Books NPR's 2025 Books We Love is here. It's not your average year-end list On Monday, NPR launched its end-of-the-year books guide. But Books We Love isn't a "top 10" list. Instead, it's more that 380 books that were personally recommended by members of the NPR staff. Andrew Limbong Israel assassinates a Hezbollah commander Hezbollah is vowing a response after Israel killed its No. 2 commander in a Beirut neighborhood -- an assassination the group calls a "red line." Jane Arraf National As the ranks of hunters in the U.S. shrink, these kids are keeping tradition alive The number of hunters in the U.S. continues to drop. Some states run events to get more kids interested in the sport. We join a pheasant hunt in Connecticut. Aine Pennello Health Care Wisconsin residents express a split in views on health care costs Democrats are highlighting concerns over health care costs in Wisconsin, a key swing state. The Trump administration says they have a plan of their own coming together to address health costs. Chuck Quirmbach Education What teens in New Jersey think about schools' cell phone restrictions Many states and school districts now ban or restrict the use of cell phones in schools. But what do the kids think about this? Student journalists in New Jersey brought this question to their classmates and teachers. Janet W. Lee Pediatrician weighs in on CDC's new vaccine guidance and what it means for parents NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Dr. James Campbell, an expert on childhood infectious diseases, about the CDC's new messaging on the relationship between vaccines and autism. Adam Raney History Researchers shed new light on the mysterious death of a 13th-century duke Researchers have uncovered DNA and forensic evidence that answers centuries-old questions about the killing of a 13th century Hungarian duke. Henry Larson Health For millennials, being a caregiver for family can come with unique challenges NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jennifer Levin, author of Generation Care, about the roughly 10 million millennials working as family caregivers, often before they've fully formed their own lives. Juana Summers National Portland Trail Blazers coach pleads not guilty in rigged poker games case Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups has pleaded not guilty to charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and another former NBA player. The Associated Press Politics Pentagon investigates Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly after he appeared in Democrats' video The Pentagon says it's opening an investigation into Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in the wake of a video of Democratic lawmakers urging servicemembers not to comply with "illegal orders." Quil Lawrence Prev 569 of 1646 Next Sponsored
Books NPR's 2025 Books We Love is here. It's not your average year-end list On Monday, NPR launched its end-of-the-year books guide. But Books We Love isn't a "top 10" list. Instead, it's more that 380 books that were personally recommended by members of the NPR staff. Andrew Limbong
Israel assassinates a Hezbollah commander Hezbollah is vowing a response after Israel killed its No. 2 commander in a Beirut neighborhood -- an assassination the group calls a "red line." Jane Arraf
National As the ranks of hunters in the U.S. shrink, these kids are keeping tradition alive The number of hunters in the U.S. continues to drop. Some states run events to get more kids interested in the sport. We join a pheasant hunt in Connecticut. Aine Pennello
Health Care Wisconsin residents express a split in views on health care costs Democrats are highlighting concerns over health care costs in Wisconsin, a key swing state. The Trump administration says they have a plan of their own coming together to address health costs. Chuck Quirmbach
Education What teens in New Jersey think about schools' cell phone restrictions Many states and school districts now ban or restrict the use of cell phones in schools. But what do the kids think about this? Student journalists in New Jersey brought this question to their classmates and teachers. Janet W. Lee
Pediatrician weighs in on CDC's new vaccine guidance and what it means for parents NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Dr. James Campbell, an expert on childhood infectious diseases, about the CDC's new messaging on the relationship between vaccines and autism. Adam Raney
History Researchers shed new light on the mysterious death of a 13th-century duke Researchers have uncovered DNA and forensic evidence that answers centuries-old questions about the killing of a 13th century Hungarian duke. Henry Larson
Health For millennials, being a caregiver for family can come with unique challenges NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jennifer Levin, author of Generation Care, about the roughly 10 million millennials working as family caregivers, often before they've fully formed their own lives. Juana Summers
National Portland Trail Blazers coach pleads not guilty in rigged poker games case Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups has pleaded not guilty to charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and another former NBA player. The Associated Press
Politics Pentagon investigates Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly after he appeared in Democrats' video The Pentagon says it's opening an investigation into Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in the wake of a video of Democratic lawmakers urging servicemembers not to comply with "illegal orders." Quil Lawrence