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Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good for You, aruges that rather than turning our brains to mush, entertainment options like video games are so complex that our brains rise to the challenge.

Throughout the decades, it's remained as a way for its most loyal players to socialize with friends and escape to faraway lands. Readers and listeners to told us about the game's role in their lives.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former NPR host David Greene who is set to take over LNP, the Pennsylvania newspaper where he was once an intern.

Four senior House Democrats in private call said President Biden should step aside. French left coalition finishes election on top. Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud in deal with prosecutors.

A sampling of the stories NPR staff believe made some of the deepest ripples this year — reminders of what rigorous, compassionate journalism can do, and why the work remains as urgent as ever.

In a new report, former Interlochen students detail some 70 allegations of sexual abuse by nearly 50 adults employed or affiliated with the school. One of the former students tells his story to NPR.

At least 90 Palestinians were killed in an airstrike that the Israeli military said was targeting two top Hamas military leaders -- the most senior of whom has evaded assassination multiple times.

Liam Payne, a singer who rose to fame as a member of the chart-topping boy band One Direction, has died while in Buenos Aires.

Top U.S. military officials will testify Wednesday before a House committee on the withdrawal from Afghanistan. On Tuesday, there were sharp exchanges during similar questioning by senators.

Shortly after Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was made a field marshal, the military said he should "answer the call of the people" and run for president. Elections are set for April.