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A surprising number of cultural themes brought the scrunchie its new mass appeal — boosted by an Internet teen subculture.

Scrunchies Are Cool Again. Hair's How They Staged A Comeback

A 2003 Sex And The City episode ridiculed the bulky hair tie as profoundly unfashionable. But now scrunchies are back, baby! How does a trend go from being so passé — to stylish again?

How Much Is Politics Influencing The Justice Department?

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to George Terwilliger, who was Attorney General William Barr's deputy in the 1990s, about whether the Justice Department has become politicized.

Leslie Wexner receives the Woodrow Wilson Award in July 2008.

Les Wexner Built A Multi-Billion-Dollar Empire. He Leaves Amid Heavy Criticism

Thursday brought an end of an era in the fashion world and in Central Ohio.Columbus-based retailer L Brands announced that CEO Les Wexner is retiring and…

A closed business in Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., is a sign of the enormous impact of the coronavirus pandemic on public health and the economy. An unprecedented crisis, met with an unprecedented government response, has the ability to transform the country's politics.

Coronavirus Response Shows How A National Crisis Can Again Transform Politics

Americans are looking for help from Washington, at a time when Democrats are pushing a stronger safety net and Republicans are debating small-government conservatism vs. big-government populism.

Sarah Alfaham and her husband Mohamed Ahmed decorated their home for Ramadan.

Ramadan, A Month About Community For Many Muslims, Goes Virtual

From drive-through iftars, to card exchanges, Muslims adapt traditions to try to find a sense of community while staying apart.

While researching his book, Mark O'Connell visited Pripyat, Ukraine, a town that was evacuated the day after the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986. "I wanted to see what the end of the world looked like," he says.

Author's 'End Of The World' Tour Goes Inside Prairie Bunkers And Apocalypse Mansions

Mark O'Connell visited doomsday communities while researching his book, Notes from an Apocalypse. He says he's not interested in being part of the sheltered elite: "I think I'd rather be dead."

A patient receives treatment in an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, room, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

Double Lung Transplant For COVID-19 Patient Is First In U.S., Doctors Say

Doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago announced Thursday they’ve performed the first successful double lung transplant on a COVID-19...

The lungs of a young woman in her 20s became so damaged by COVID-19 that she could not survive without her blood being oxygenated outside her body on an ECMO machine. She received a double-lung transplant on June 5. In this photo taken before the transplant, the patient is being monitored by the ECMO team at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

1st-Known U.S. Lung Transplant For COVID-19 Patient Performed In Chicago

A young woman in her 20s was healthy before the coronavirus struck her. After two months on a ventilator and ECMO device, her transplanted lungs are now working.

How Important Are The Black And Latino Votes In This Election?

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to political scientists Victoria DeFrancesco Soto and Christina Greer about the importance — and nuances — of black and Latino voters in the Democratic primaries.

WHO Creates 'Confusion' About Asymptomatic Spread. Here's What We Know

That's the word some doctors used for a World Health Organization statement. At issue: 1) How many people are infected with COVID-19 but show no symptoms? and 2) Can asymptomatic people infect others?

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