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Having a child who won't sleep can drive parents to distraction. But a study suggests that a parent's sleep issues play a role, too.

The neighborhood hardware store, the cozy diner, the independent bookstore — they have seen customers leave in droves for Lowe's, Starbucks and Amazon.com. After shrinking dramatically during the Great Recession, small businesses are starting to grow again. But they still face plenty of headwinds.

Indivar Dutta-Gupta, a co-executive director at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, explains the U.S. unemployment insurance system's origins and role today.

Molly Miller, who has worked with local organizations like the Park City Education Foundation for years, has declared a run for Park City Council. Five candidates have now announced campaigns, indicating an August primary will be necessary.

Robert Benincasa is a computer-assisted reporting producer in NPR's Investigations Unit.

The Caribbean island had to evacuate all its residents when Hurricane Irma hit last month. NPR's Michel Martin catches up with reporter Anika Kentish, who has been following the story of their return.

Peter Madsen pushed off in his submarine with a Swedish journalist, but by the time he was rescued, she was gone. Now, he says she died onboard — but the admission is stirring even more questions.

Dame Stephanie "Steve" Shirley founded one of the U.K.'s first software startups, run almost entirely by women. The industry still has gender inequality, but Shirley showed alternatives were possible.

As organizations close their doors, COVID-19 cancellations are taking their toll on independent artists, who don't know where their next paycheck will come from.

Tim Carney, the last American ambassador to Sudan before the United States downgraded relations in 1997, wants to promote a broader view of the country through a new collection of photographs. NPR foreign correspondent Michele Kelemen reviews Carney's book, Sudan: The Land and the People.