Prometheus

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city.(Image credit: Patrick T. Fallon)

We asked our readers to make a wish for 2025. If even one of these wishes comes true, the world will definitely be a better place!

Pop culture critic Glen Weldon says he can't separate the art from the artist. But in light of the sexual abuse allegations against Gaiman, he will separate himself from the author's future work.(Image credit: Monica Schipper)

The air has improved in the LA region as firefighters get blazes under control, but there are questions about how safe the air actually is.(Image credit: Ryan Kellman)

Seven of the nearly 100 hostages held in Gaza are U.S. citizens, several of whom are confirmed dead. (Image credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

In a workshop in an infamous refugee camp in Beirut, Palestinian women practice an ancient art form — as a livelihood, and also as therapy. The designs come from a homeland most have never seen. (Image credit: Dalia Khamissy for NPR)

The Democratic Party begins 2025 with several looming questions. Among them: who will lead its national party apparatus, and how it will handle President-elect Donald Trump's second term.(Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite)

Presidential inaugurations are by definition historic acts, but when we think of past Inauguration Days there is clearly a hierarchy of historical pop.(Image credit: Bill Creighton)

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital with a barrage of drones and missiles Saturday, leaving at least four people dead, while industrial sites in Russia were set ablaze by Ukrainian strikes.(Image credit: Efrem Lukatsky)