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Saunas have been used for thousands of years in many parts of the world. Today, they’re growing in popularity here, with facilities opening around the state. Sandy Hausman paid a visit to one enterprise— The Rivanna River Company— which operates two wood-fired saunas in Charlottesville.

New York City public advocate Bill de Blasio has surged to a commanding lead among Democratic primary voters. De Blasio's timing couldn't be better. In less than two weeks, those voters will go the polls to begin choosing the successor to Michael Bloomberg.

You may blame a love of Snickers for those too-tight jeans, but in the early 20th century, the accusations were more serious: Candy was blamed for moral and physical decay. In Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure, Samira Kawash traces our love-hate relationship with sweets.

To make his latest album, Omoiyari, the Japanese-American artist decided to turn to the past. He visited Japanese internment camps and made music inspired by the stories he found there.

After commentator Megyn Kelly seemed to downplay the youth of Jeffrey Epstein's victims, former child actresses and current teenagers took to social media to express outrage.

The two students killed in the attack at Brown University are MukhammadAziz Umurzokov,18, and Ella Cook, 19. The shooter was still at large as of Monday afternoon, police said.

Four astronauts have met the spacecraft that will take them to the moon in NASA's new program, Artemis. The program represents a turning point in where NASA is heading and how it's getting there.

Iowa Democrats will decide their nominee for a competitive U.S. Senate race Tuesday. The state also has surprisingly competitive elections for U.S. House and the governor's office in November.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to retired NASA astronaut Leland Melvin about the scientific and cultural significance of the Artemis II moon mission.

Amid a labor shortage, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz calls on Germans to work more hours. Women might hold the key, but a culture shift would be necessary.