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The Catholic Church is facing aging congregations, fewer priests and financial strain. In many places, this has meant closing parishes. But in Philadelphia, they're trying something different.

President Trump has been announcing new trade deals with foreign countries. But these frameworks are NOT binding — leaving businesses with lots of uncertainty.

Chicago is no longer the main focus of the federal immigration crackdown. For one neighborhood group, the intense enforcement activity was a test of resistance tactics they developed eight years ago.

New military standards for grooming and appearance have some worried about religious and racial discrimination, particularly the guidance that men must be clean shaven.

It's trendy in some circles to replace drinking with consuming cannabis. But can it help people with a drinking problem cut back? Scientists set up a bar in the lab to find out.

Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound often cause nausea and other side effects. Brain scientists are looking for ways to solve this problem.

Companies are testing autonomous big rigs on highways in Texas right now. The goal is to replace human truck drivers for at least some routes.

NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson joins All Things Considered host Melissa Block to talk about Tuesday's Iowa caucuses.

Alan Cheuse has this review of KBL, John Weisman's novelization of the operation that led to Osama bin Laden's death.

All Things Considered host Melissa Block talks with musician Robert Earl Keen for our series Winter Songs, about "Snowin' on Raton," a Townes Van Zandt tune that reminds Keen of a time when things went spectacularly wrong, before going spectacularly right.