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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wants to expedite the vote to get the money approved by Congress before the Easter break.

In 2017, Fresh Air marked 30 years as a nationally syndicated, daily radio program by doing what it does best: more in-depth interviews.

This coming week, Disney Hall celebrates its 10th anniversary. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with conductor and music director Gustavo Dudamel, as well as other figures from the Los Angeles classical scene, about the highlights since then.

More than half of the world's Muslims live along the latitude line 700 miles north of the equator — so do most of the world's Christians. It's a place where ideological conflicts often arise. Journalist Eliza Griswold spent seven years examining how the two religions influence clashes over natural resources, tribal issues and faith.

Children's librarian Mara Alpert recommends 10 titles that will send youngsters off on brand-new adventures. In these books, kids will learn what baby animals do on their first day of life, what baseball games are like in Japan, and what happens when you read a poem from bottom to top.

An organization says 10 million Floridians have signed up to donate organs and tissues through its donor registry.

A man in California returned a library book 45 years late, according to The Mercury News of San Jose, Calif. The late fee was a whopping $10.

A North Carolina man bought a photo at a flea market for $10. Now experts say it features both Billy the Kid and the sheriff who shot him in 1881.

In this final interview in our series of conversations about the future, Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep talks to Danny Hillis, a scientist and engineer and the inventor of a clock designed to last 10,000 years. The clock is meant to encourage people to think about the long-range future; the "long now" as Hillis calls it.

There are signs that Americans have gotten better at managing credit card debt, but surveys show people are still not saving well.