NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Julia Steiner of the band Ratboys. Their new album is called "Singin' to an Empty Chair." RATBOYS: (Singing) Stretch out as big as you can go. I won't say I told you so.

Dear Annie: I’m writing because I feel embarrassed even admitting this, but I’m starting to dread parts of my own life that I worked hard to build. I’m 52, married for 24 years, and we have two grown ...

Jennifer McGuire spent decades dreaming of a long stay in Europe while raising four sons on her own. After they were all grown up, she made it a reality and traveled solo for the first time in her ...

Abstract: The field of artificial intelligence has witnessed significant advancements with the advent of Generative Adversarial Networks, revolutionizing image generation techniques. The literature ...

Q. I heard the new ChatGPT agent is really good with browsing the internet and working with spreadsheets. What is an agent, what can it do, and what can it do with spreadsheets that’s so noteworthy? A ...

Two years after putting out one of the best indie rock records of 2023, Chicago’s Ratboys are back with a new song, “Anywhere,” from their upcoming album, Singin’ to an Empty Chair. “Anywhere” taps ...

An empty chair takes center stage at a TV studio set where imprisoned Turkish journalist Fatih Altayli continues to deliver news on his YouTube show through letters read by his assistant, in Istanbul, ...

Though nearly dissuaded by the listing photos, a family made a Tuscan-style house into an indoor-outdoor destination inspired by their travels. The heart of the home is a reconfigured great room with ...

An empty nest is typically viewed as a moment in time when your child leaves home. In reality, it’s more of a verb—an ongoing process of “empty nesting.” The letting go begins in childhood, ...

My wife and I will soon be, in the parlance of parenting, empty nesters. It’s a term I’ve decided to reject. I’ve been rejecting a lot of things lately, if I’m being honest. Things like the fact that ...

A gondolier waits for customers at The Venetian Las Vegas on Aug. 7, 2025. Reporter Gloria Valdez has made a living as a hostess at a steakhouse at the D Casino in downtown Las Vegas for 15 years, ...

Gloria Valdez has made a living as a hostess at a steakhouse at the D Casino in downtown Las Vegas for 15 years, surviving through the economic crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. But she says she’s ...