Dear Life Kit: Is it a faux pas to create a 'happy graduation' registry for myself? An NPR listener is graduating soon with her MBA. She wants to know if it's OK celebrate her achievement by asking loved ones to buy her gifts from a registry, similar to what people do for weddings. Andee Tagle
In 'A Real Pain,' Jewish cousins tour Poland, cracking jokes and confronting the past In this almost perfect little film, Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin play cousins who reconnect in Poland to honor the memory of their grandmother, a Holocaust survivor. John Powers
Why Starbucks is losing sales, and what it's doing about it Shoppers complain that Starbucks isn't fancy enough — but they also say it's too expensive. The new CEO, Brian Niccol, is ordering up change. Alina Selyukh
Young women are challenging the stigma of sex and love addiction support groups On social media, young women are increasingly open about attending 12-step sex and love addiction programs. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous reports 1,200 meetings in more than 50 countries. Neda Ulaby
Undone by the loss of his brother Eddie, Alex Van Halen looks back in a new memoir Though Alex had been the guitarist in the family, when they formed Van Halen, it quickly became clear who would play: "[Ed] made that instrument sing." Alex's new memoir is Brothers. Tonya Mosley
Poop on Pelosi's desk, a neo-Nazi tiki torch: Mysterious statues are popping up in D.C. Two politically pointed statues have mysteriously appeared in the nation’s capital in the leadup to the election: a pile of poop on the former House speaker's desk and a hand holding a tiki torch. Rachel Treisman
What's new this season on network TV? Not much So many of the network's new prime-time series are like cafeteria casseroles: aggressively and intentionally bland. But late-night shows continue to offer spice in the form of biting humor. David Bianculli
The true story of a famed librarian and the secret she guarded closely The name Belle da Costa Greene might not ring a bell, but New York's renowned historic Morgan Library and Museum is trying to change that. Jordan-Marie Smith
Why you’re seeing scary-high chocolate candy prices this Halloween Don't be surprised if you see fewer chocolate treats in your trick-or-treating loot. Customers are souring on costly chocolate, resulting from a few disappointing cocoa crop years. Emma Bowman
How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi-occupied Paris The search for the unknown photographer began in the summer of 2022, with the discovery of an old photo album at a flea market in southern France. Eleanor Beardsley