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As the delta variant fuels a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, the nation's leading infectious disease expert says the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction, and a vaccine booster may be needed.

She might be one of the most famous backup singers alive, thanks to a certain documentary. Now, Hill is finally solo — but she's got a big name in her corner.

The 31-year-old former backup singer is one of the most buzzed-about voices to come out of London in years.

Patrick Leigh Fermor's A Time To Keep Silence replicates in style and rhythm the very experience that it seeks to describe. The 95-page book recounts Fermor's visits to several French monasteries in the 1950s, and writer Adam Haslett found the book draws readers into deep contemplation.

In our Weekend Reads series, NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Meg Medina about Isabel Quintero's novel, Gabi, a Girl in Pieces. It's the story of a Mexican-American teenager struggling with her identity.

U.S. employers added 136,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5%. That's a sign the labor market is holding up, even as economic growth slows.

Ford said on his weekly radio program that he's sorry and he's not perfect, but he will serve out his term. The mayor has been plagued by a video that allegedly shows him smoking crack.

The president's blueprint is not expected to have a much of an impact on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers already have a two-year deal on spending.

Jonah Kinigstein was a painter on the verge of making it big in the 1950s but then the tastes of the art world changed. He never quit. He still hasn't - and he just turned 100.

Car washes are popping up everywhere in the United States. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Bloomberg contributor Patrick Sisson about what's fueling their growth.