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Back in 1995, about 4.5 percent of adults in the U.S. had been diagnosed with diabetes. By 2010, the prevalence had zoomed to 8.2 percent. An interactive map shows how much worse diabetes has become in less than a generation.

The latest jobs report was solid. But the U.S. is still digging out of a deep hole.

Also: Bank of America agrees to pay billions to Fannie Mae; oil rig that ran aground off Alaska is refloated; Syrian opposition rejects Assad's "peace plan;" NHL players and owners reach tentative deal, season may start soon; NFL playoffs get underway.

More Americans are using the Internet than ever before, and smartphones could be bridging the divide among race and ethnic groups.

From the Kitchen Window column

The American auto company has faced intense criticism over its failure to recall more than 2 million vehicles with ignition switch problems linked to at least a dozen deaths.

A Shreveport cellist is in St. Petersburg, Russia this week competing in the most prestigious classical music competition in the world. Of the 25...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Will Shortz, crossword editor for The New York Times and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster, play this week's puzzle with Gordon Brown of Winston-Salem, N.C.

NPR's Susan Davis plays the puzzle with Weekend Editionpuzzlemaster Will Shortz and WBUR listener Jared Voss of Medford, Mass.

COVID-19 continues to challenge countries as the death toll rises while daily life and the economy are disrupted. A peace deal between the U.S and the Taliban remains in limbo only days after it was signed.