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1. Dementia housing without locked wards? It's a small but growing movement

   Some senior living communities are caring for people with dementia alongside other residents, not segregated behind locked doors.

2. With 'Baby Botox,' young adults strive to keep wrinkles from ever forming

   A growing number of 20-somethings are trying to freeze time with preventative Botox treatments. Here's what's behind the trend.

3. Alaska owns dozens of crumbling schools. It wants underfunded districts to take them on

   Rural school district superintendents are trying to find the best use of limited resources. Taking on the state's unmaintained buildings, they say, will only increase their burden.

4. Disaster and insurance costs are rising. The middle class is struggling to hang on

   Middle-class families are struggling to afford insurance in southwest Florida. Realtors say a wave of foreclosures could be coming.

5. More women are renting dresses, coats and ugly sweaters as clothing prices tick up

   More women are planning to deck the halls in rented fashion this year, just as inflation and tariffs are poised to push clothing prices higher.

6. She lost her purse — but strangers stepped in to save the day

   On a trip to Chicago, Lavonne Schaafsma lost her purse. Two women saw a man rifling through it — and stepped in to help.

7. Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats

   NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.

8. A guerrilla gardener installed a pop-up wetland in the LA River. Here's how — and why

   Well-meaning city dwellers forgo permits and official procedure to rewild urban areas across the country. In downtown LA, artist Doug Rosenberg is trying to push the grassroots movement forward.

9. How women over 30 are rewriting the single mom narrative in America

   Forty percent of babies in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. Increasingly, those moms are over 30, at a time when teen pregnancy has fallen off a cliff and births are declining for younger women.

10. A spat over Taiwan is threatening China-Japan ties

    Less than a month into her term, Japan's conservative leader has stirred tensions with China by suggesting a Chinese move against Taiwan could prompt a Japanese military response.