Come study with me: How a virtual buddy might help you get things done In an age of constant digital distraction, people are turning their study and work sprints into virtual grind sessions on YouTube — and getting tens of millions of views. Anastasia Tsioulcas
Pulitzer Prize-winner Jesse Katz exposes the underside of immigration in LA "The Rent Collectors" by Jesse Katz tells the true story of two botched gang murders, and the immigrants stuck between the police and the gangs that run their downtrodden LA neighborhood. A Martínez
Chipotle is 're-emphasizing generous portions' after social-media complaints Chipotle's CEO tells investors that the chain had not shrunk its portions despite accusations on Tiktok and Reddit. Brian Niccol has tried to bat down those complaints for weeks. Alina Selyukh
Powerful women tend to be called by their first name. It's not an accident NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to University of Houston's Mirya Holman about why women in political leadership tend to be referred to by their first names more often than their male counterparts. Erika Ryan
After hitting a car, a scared 19-year-old was comforted by the other driver On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain: When Lilah Clevey was younger, she T-boned another car. She was comforted by the driver as she cried.
NBA signs media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon, leaving TNT behind The NBA signed its 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime Video after saying it was not accepting Warner Bros. Discovery’s offer to continue its longtime relationship with the league.
LeVar Burton talks about his changing definition of success on NPR's 'Wild Card' Actor LeVar Burton experienced massive success early in life. In a round of Wild Card with Rachel Martin, he says his definition of success has had to change over time.
Family members of Israeli hostages protest Netanyahu's visit Yifat Kalderon's cousin Ofer Kalderon was taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7. He was living on Kibbutz Nir Oz when he and his two children were taken captive during the violent attack.
As great white shark populations grow, shark tourism is taking off Great white sharks are becoming more plentiful.