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A hot mess of a former pop singer becomes an unlikely detective when her son's classmate is kidnapped. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Sarah Harman about her novel, "All The Other Mothers Hate Me."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMC listener Ellen Triebwasser of Red Hook, N.Y., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

House Republicans release another stopgap measure to keep the federal government funded just as the last extension is set to expire. It's unclear if the thin GOP majority can get it passed.

The album's namesake, Polari, is a set of a few hundred words and phrases that was adopted by gay men as a way of speaking in secret during periods of criminalization.

Officials with the U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) told state and federal officials last month that they would be interested in expanding military access on Adak Island. The announcement was made during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Feb. 13, after Sen. Dan Sullivan pressed federal officials to strengthen military presence in Alaska.

As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Specialist Henry Smithers who was among the millions of American servicemen and women deployed to Vietnam during the conflict.

As property values rise, Montana is seeking to cut taxes for most properties but raise them for out-of-state homeowners.

Almost 40 years after a Jamaican bobsled team charmed Olympic viewers, the country's program is climbing the ranks and prompting hopes of winning Jamaica's first winter Olympic medal.

Dozens of Wisconsin dairy farmers are breathing a sigh of relief after federal funds they had been awarded were released and payments are now being promised. But anxiety persists for some.

The federal government is preparing to shed up to a quarter of its 360 million square feet of real estate, an NPR analysis finds. The agency in charge of federal real estate is also slashing staff.