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Our Reporter Brad Burt tells us what parents need to know when it comes to vaccinating their children under age five against COVID-19. We also have another exceptionally hot week coming up - can the electrical grid handle the heat?

Butterscotch seemed to have fallen out of fashion, but food writer Rina Rapuano says she's seeing glimmers of a comeback. And we don't mean hard candies and instant pudding. The revival of this old-fashioned flavor inspires a crepe cake, a chocolate-crusted tart and more.

See what albums NPR listeners picked in our year-end poll for the best music of 2013.

Texas Tech’s men’s basketball team has dropped two straight games for the first time this season, falling in the AP Top 25 after a strong Big 12 start. Head coach Grant McCasland praised the team’s competitiveness and hopes this challenging stretch will help the Red Raiders improve ahead of March Madness.

NPR.org's new interactive scorecard suggests that President Obama may have a somewhat easier path to 270 electoral votes than Mitt Romney, needing to win fewer states. But that's not a given. As you play, you'll be able to come up with plenty of combinations that would get Romney over the top.

After a mostly scoreless game, the Los Angeles Dodgers blasted ahead of the Houston Astros in the top of the ninth inning with five runs, evening up the best-of-seven series Saturday, now 2-2.

It's like sliding off the top of a 15-story building on nothing more than an air mattress. The giant Verrückt water slide stands at 168 feet tall.

The IRS gave some conservative groups extra, improper scrutiny. Now there's a bipartisan request for the IRS to answer dozens of questions. Read the queries and demands for information from the top Democrat and top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee.

A new survey of the best cities for business finds that affordability is more important than being fashionable. As a result, Inc. magazine put Riverside and San Bernardino, Calif., and the New Jersey cities of Camden and Newark high on its list. See the magazine's lists of the best and worst places for companies to thrive.

Both the U.S. and Japan had been undefeated after going 2-0 to win their groups.