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A dedicated group of fathers in Los Angeles is working to help neighborhood dads do better by their children and their community.

Sarah Hepola's memoir Blackout is filled with stories that are both funny and tragic — about how she'd drink to excess, and then try to piece it all together the following day.

You'd think spying on the Russians would require some training, but Naveed Jamali had none. "Probably some Magnum P.I. episodes and a few movies here and there," he says. "That was about it."

Aid workers have not been able to reach some of the remote parts of Nepal. So it's up to the villagers to rebuild their homes and their lives. And the clock is ticking as monsoon season nears.

In Emily St. John Mandel's novel, Station Eleven, a Shakespearean troupe clings to scraps of civilization after a deadly pandemic. Mandel and NPR's Scott Simon talk about art at the end of the world.

Tara body-slammed the neighbors' dog to save her then-4-year-old owner. When a Los Angeles shelter prepared to present its annual trophy, no dog's heroics could match the cat's.

This week's selection of articles and essays covers a surprising economic fact about seniors, the psychological damage done to juveniles in solitary and a look at the South Carolina church shooting.

I’ll grant you that from the parking lot outside, the building that houses Taco Rio looks a little scary. But just go inside and, well, that looks a little scary, too. Taco Rio occupies one side of a small, neighborhood market in Winter Park’s Olympia Heights. Despite first impressions, and, OK, second impressions too, it is kempt, and the people operating the counter-service eatery were friendly and welcoming, and they made it clear that they appreciated my business. That goes a long way in my book.

The City of St. Augustine is celebrating its 450th anniversary this year. St. Augustine has a rich, multi-cultural history as the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the U.S. The Crealdé School of Art is debuting a documentary project capturing the historical area in photos. The exhibit opens Friday.

Once again Orange County leads the state in job growth. As 90.7’s Renata Sago reports, new numbers show the area added 44,000 jobs in the past year.