U.S. Navy vet Javonni Harper and her two children spent the past summer living out of their car. She's recently found an apartment with the help of a non-profit, Community Hope. (Courtesy Javonni Harper/WNYC)
Homelessness among female veterans is on the rise in the United States, even as the overall rate of homelessness among veterans is going down.
Hobbies. Almost everyone has one, from playing sports to bird watching. But a big subcategory of hobbies is collecting: buttons, baseball cards, and, yes, even bugs.
A massive tornado ripped through the southern suburbs of Oklahoma City, Monday afternoon, killing at least 51 people, according to the state medical examiner's office.
The death toll was expected to rise.
Country singer Shooter Jennings plays the Bowery Ballroom Tuesday night. Download "Wild and Lonesome."
Forget about Yahoo and Silicon Valley for a minute. How do the people who matter here in New York City — tech people and Tumblr users — feel about Yahoo's $1.1 billion acquisition of the social blogging platform? Well, the technorati are elated: "Right on New York. Right on David Karp, and right on Tumblr," said Andrew Rasiej, chairman of the NY Tech Meetup. But some of the young, creative users are worried, or even a little angry: "I was kind of upset at first," said Tumblrer Laura Olin. Listen to learn more and find out what you should take away from the Yahoo-Tumblr deal.
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg book, Lean In, came out two months ago and inspired another chapter in a national dialogue on women in the workplace.Katherine Goldstein, innovations editor at Slate, talks about her own lean in circle and takes your calls on whether you've started to see the issue differently.
Coastal communities have been struggling with how to rebuild after Sandy or, in some cases, whether to retreat from the coast altogether.
West Village Shaken by Weekend Murder
Here's The Thing: Fred Armisen
Riding the Waves in a Damaged City: A Surfer's Return to Rockaway Beach
Here's The Thing: Elaine Stritch
Christie: No Proof Climate Change Caused Sandy
David Sedaris: Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
How New Jersey Transit Failed Sandy's Test
Art Talk: Why Art Critics Matter
Train Collision in Connecticut Injures 72, Worst in Decades
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