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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale takes place in 1930 and is much better than the last Downton movie. Creator Julian Fellowes cuts back on the convoluted plotting and zeroes in on emotional dynamics.

After nearly six years as Washington bureau chief for The Economist, David Rennie is headed off for another assignment. He talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about his impressions of the U.S., and how it's changed in his tenure.

When dictionaries add trendy words like "twerk," they're prioritizing the fleeting language habits of the young, says Geoff Nunberg. And our fascination with novel words tends to eclipse subtle changes in the meanings of old ones — "which are often more consequential," he says.

State and federal regulators have launched numbers probes of the popular stock trading app, just as it hopes institutional investors and its own users will buy up its stock.

Live conversations on Clubhouse and Twitter took off during the pandemic, connecting people online when they couldn't in real life. Now social media companies are scrambling to launch audio features.

David Greene talks to Daily Beast reporter Will Sommer, who describes how online alt-tech sites like Gab help push conspiracy theories and alt-right ideologies from the fringes into the mainstream.

A growing number of people who take SSRIs are saying they've suffered difficult withdrawal symptoms from long-term use, including dysphoria and sexual dysfunction.

The alleged Buffalo gunman appears to have kept a detailed digital log of his activities while planning the attack. Researchers are learning more about his progression into violence and red flags.

Hamas praised a Palestinian shooting attack that killed six Israelis at a bus stop in Jerusalem. The U.S. presented a new truce proposal and Israel stepped up Gaza City attacks.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell about his testimony this week to the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.