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Residents of Cortina, Italy, worry about the effects of the 2026 Winter Olympics on their town.

Catholic cardinals announced they will begin their conclave to select the next pope on Tuesday. Audie Cornish talks to Sylvia Poggioli.

Footage from privately owned surveillance cameras along the Boston Marathon route gave the FBI early clues about the bombing suspects. But the proliferation of cameras in America's big cities raises some tricky questions about the balance between security and privacy.

The new Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, co-created by Tina Fey and starring Ellie Kemper, offers a harrowing twist on the "small-town woman moves to the big city" story.

Benjamin Netanyahu's center-right Likud party has won at least a five-seat victory over its principal rival, the center-left Zionist Union. If he succeeds in forming a coalition government, Netanyahu would begin a historic fourth term as prime minister of Israel.

Hurricane Idalia is the second major hurricane to hit the state in nearly a year. NPR's Scott Simon asks Stephanie Colombini about recovery efforts.

For her new album, musician Anne Harris commissioned a violin from luthier Amanda Ewing, the first such professional collaboration between two Black women to be recorded.

Each spring, alewife herrings return to spawn in New England rivers. In recent years, the removal of dams has led to a resurgence of the little fish that are a key part of the food chain.

During his first Christmas Day message, Pope Leo XIV highlighted the suffering in Gaza, Yemen and among migrants, and called for peace in troubled regions like Lebanon, Ukraine and Syria.

The comedian appeared in his final show on Saturday, alongside Wicked star Ariana Grande.