Young people today spend nearly 1,000 fewer hours per year hanging out with friends in person than they did 20 years ago. Some solutions for the loneliness epidemic are coming from unlikely places.

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As results start to come in the Ireland election polls, NPR looks at exit poll data, and who's likely to lead Ireland's next government.

We look at how one US conservationist's work is helping preserve Chile's wilderness at the southernmost tip of the South American continent.

NPR's Scott Simon and Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media discuss which teams in the NFL are the Super Bowl title contenders, and controversy over high payrolls in Major League Baseball.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Booker Prize-winning novelist Marlon James about his new HBO series set in Jamaica. It is called "Get Millie Black." ...

NPR's Emily Feng bids goodbye to Asia — and to Taiwan's strict trash collection system, which she unexpectedly grew to love.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Seuk Kim, a volunteer animal rescue pilot who died in a crash earlier this week, transporting ...

From predawn mall walkers and Cinnabon dough rollers to roller coaster riders and exhausted shoppers, these are the sounds of 24 hours at the U.S.'s largest mall.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Marcel Fratzscher, president of the German Institute for Economic Research, about Germany's weakened economy and its potential impact on the country's upcoming elections.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Seuk Kim, a volunteer animal rescue pilot who died in a crash earlier this week, transporting several dogs.

Some parts of the country will receive heavy lake-effect snow and others will see rain or dry weather with subfreezing temperatures.