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Jews in Florida are trying to observe Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year, while dealing with the devastation of Hurricane Milton.

Monday is leap day. We hear from people born on Feb. 29 about how they celebrate their birthday.

Markets all over the world posted significant losses Friday, following another rough day on Wall Street on Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged at the beginning of trading Friday, but recovered a bit by midday.

The omicron variant has been detected in about one-third of U.S. states, while the delta variant infects 100,000 people a day. Officials urge people to get vaccinated and boosted.

In his visit to Israel, President Biden made a deal on limited humanitarian aid delivery to Gaza. Twelve days ago, Hamas killed 1,400 people in Israel. More than 3,400 people have been killed in Gaza.

Los Jornaleros Del Norte play protest songs whose lyrics reflect the hopes and struggles of undocumented workers as they evade immigration agents patrolling the streets.

From the Lebanese city of Tyre, Matthew McAllister, a journalist for New York Newsday, discusses the "violent spasm" on the last day before the cease-fire cost of the conflict.

If you live on $1.90 a day or less, the World Bank says you are extremely poor. Two new poverty lines offer a way to measure poverty in middle income countries.

NPR's Hannah Chinn and Emily Kwong talk about the microbes behind great-tasting chocolate, possible reasons for daytime drowsiness, and a curious observation about the poop of seabirds.

Tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of protesters are expected in Washington, D.C., around Inauguration Day. But they've been unable to get permits to demonstrate on National Park Service grounds.