The Latest Health Care Open Enrollment begins today on Healthcare.gov. Here's what you should know This year's sign-up season is different than all the others. Here's what people need to know about the health insurance that's at the heart of the government shutdown. Selena Simmons-Duffin Music A revival of the 1950s musical 'Damn Yankees,' and audience reception in 2025 What does Damn Yankees, a 1950s musical have to say to audiences in 2025? With its themes of selling your soul to the devil to get a win or power or beauty, quite a bit. Elizabeth Blair World What does the trade 'truce" between Trump and China's Xi Jinping mean? The U.S. and China agreed to a trade "truce" last week. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Julian Gewirtz, a senior China policy official during the Biden administration, about what's at stake. Scott Simon National How a post-surgery nurse uses music to assist patients in their recovery from injury Research suggests music has the power to relieve pain. We speak to a nurse who brings his ukulele into the hospital ward. Scott Simon Sports Saturday Sports: The World Series; chaotic times for college football coaches NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss Game 6 of the World Series and the chaotic times for college football coaches. Scott Simon Science Too many rats? Birth control is one city's answer Rats aren't just a nuisance. They can carry diseases and are a leading causes of property damage. One community in Massachusetts is trying a novel approach to rat reduction: Birth control. Ari Daniel Science How a great-grandmother helped researchers unravel a dinosaur mummy mystery A paleontologist was trying to locate the site of a famous 1908 discovery when a rancher in Wyoming shared an important clue. Bill Chappell Politics Election Day is Tuesday. Here are 5 questions about what the results might mean While too much shouldn't be made out of off-year elections, the Nov. 4 election will be the first major electoral sign of the political mood and what voters think of the president. Domenico Montanaro Could smaller families 'rewild' the planet — and make humans happier? Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable. Brian Mann Politics Presidents once avoided shutdown travel. This term, Trump has been a frequent flier Not counting his golf outings in Virginia, President Trump spent all or part of 14 days outside of Washington, D.C. during the first 31 days of the shutdown. Tamara Keith Prev 672 of 1646 Next Sponsored
Health Care Open Enrollment begins today on Healthcare.gov. Here's what you should know This year's sign-up season is different than all the others. Here's what people need to know about the health insurance that's at the heart of the government shutdown. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Music A revival of the 1950s musical 'Damn Yankees,' and audience reception in 2025 What does Damn Yankees, a 1950s musical have to say to audiences in 2025? With its themes of selling your soul to the devil to get a win or power or beauty, quite a bit. Elizabeth Blair
World What does the trade 'truce" between Trump and China's Xi Jinping mean? The U.S. and China agreed to a trade "truce" last week. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Julian Gewirtz, a senior China policy official during the Biden administration, about what's at stake. Scott Simon
National How a post-surgery nurse uses music to assist patients in their recovery from injury Research suggests music has the power to relieve pain. We speak to a nurse who brings his ukulele into the hospital ward. Scott Simon
Sports Saturday Sports: The World Series; chaotic times for college football coaches NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss Game 6 of the World Series and the chaotic times for college football coaches. Scott Simon
Science Too many rats? Birth control is one city's answer Rats aren't just a nuisance. They can carry diseases and are a leading causes of property damage. One community in Massachusetts is trying a novel approach to rat reduction: Birth control. Ari Daniel
Science How a great-grandmother helped researchers unravel a dinosaur mummy mystery A paleontologist was trying to locate the site of a famous 1908 discovery when a rancher in Wyoming shared an important clue. Bill Chappell
Politics Election Day is Tuesday. Here are 5 questions about what the results might mean While too much shouldn't be made out of off-year elections, the Nov. 4 election will be the first major electoral sign of the political mood and what voters think of the president. Domenico Montanaro
Could smaller families 'rewild' the planet — and make humans happier? Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable. Brian Mann
Politics Presidents once avoided shutdown travel. This term, Trump has been a frequent flier Not counting his golf outings in Virginia, President Trump spent all or part of 14 days outside of Washington, D.C. during the first 31 days of the shutdown. Tamara Keith
