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2021 could be a year of healing for both people and the economy. As the calendar turns over a new year, we'll look back at how the economy fared in 2020 and at what lies ahead.

Glenn Miller's "In the Mood," Edward R. Murrow's wartime broadcasts from London and Public Enemy's influential hip-hop album Fear of a Black Planet are among the recordings added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.

Mexican presidential candidate and feminist Patricia Mercado is winning over many Mexicans who don't trust the nation's main political parties. She's unlikely to win the presidential race in July, but Mercado may win enough votes to guarantee her party seats in Congress. Michael O'Boyle reports from Mexico City about Mercado's political impact.

A backlash is under way across the country following a recent Supreme Court decision allowing cities broad power to seize private property for commercial development. Last week, Alabama enacted legislation to limit that power. Alabama Gov. Bob Riley discusses the new law.

London's mass transit system is being guarded by thousands of extra police -- many of them heavily armed -- as British authorities take extra precautions against possible other attacks in the capital. Last week, police arrested four key suspects in connection with the failed attacks of July 21.

Dehydration has long been known to slow physical performance. Now there's evidence that too little water can hurt cognitive performance, too, making complex thinking tasks harder.

As a young Marine corporal, Williams went ahead of his unit during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean in February 1945 and eliminated a series of Japanese machine gun positions.

A peanut butter and pickle sandwich, a banana split sans ice cream, an American cheese slice with banana: NPR's Scott Simon explains and enjoys some of the strange snacks we eat when we're alone.

Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time since striking a deal to buy the social network for $44 billion. He did not say whether he was having second thoughts.

Rising sea levels are not the only threat to Venice. As residents continue to leave, the city risks becoming an empty shell sinking under mass tourism. Some 30 million visitors arrive every year.