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Diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's spread like a fire through the brain. Scientists think they may know how that fire starts. (Story aired on All Things Considered on June 19, 2023.)

Salopek recently walked part of southwestern China that seems frozen in time — untouched by modernization, an area where life is slow. NPR's Steve Inskeep caught up with him after he reached Beijing.

NPR's fifth annual Student Podcast Challenge received more than 3,300 entries from students in high school and middle school. We'll hear the finalists from students in grades 5 through 8.

A visit to baseball star Shohei Ohtani's former little league team in northern Japan sheds light on his roots. Some observers worry whether his dual path is sustainable.

Retired U.S. Navy submarine Capt. David Marquet says crews would need to locate the vessel then bring it to the surface to unlatch it. He puts the odds of passengers' survival at "about 1%."

After visiting China, Secretary of State Blinken headed to London. Developments in the Israeli occupied West Bank worry the international community. Virginia's primary election is today.

Curator John Troutman and staff sorted through thousands objects, and put about 200 of them together to tell American history through things that amused, thrilled, dismayed or moved us over decades.

Virginia Democrats vie for seats in primary elections that have proven expensive and competitive.

We hear a lot about the big-ticket weapons the West is shipping to Ukraine. But Ukraine is also fighting effectively with a weapon it can buy off-the-shelf and is small enough to hold in one hand.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken about talks in Beijing meant to ease tensions between China and the U.S.