Matt Ozug

Older folks interested in lifting weights flock to a gym in Baltimore, where the trainer has special expertise in working with people in their 60s, 70s and 80s to build strength and independence.

A group of women who've been walking their local mall together for decades share the ways their commitments to movement, and each other, have enriched their lives and health.

Last week's earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County triggered a tsunami warning urging people across a huge swath of California and Oregon to evacuate. Why aren't tsunami warnings more precise?

Mona Noyes, 86, works out with trainer Emily Socolinksy at Fivex3 Training in Baltimore.

At Fivex3 Training, a gym in Baltimore, several mornings a week are reserved for older people to train.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Mohammed al-Refaai, who we first met nine years ago when he moved to Ohio from Syria.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sister Mary Scullion, the co-founder, executive director and president of Project H.O.M.E. about stepping down after 35 years at the organization she co-founded.

Zachary Loeb, Purdue University assistant professor, tells NPR's Juana Summers that the real story of Y2k wasn't about computers run amok. It was about experts sounding an alarm, and fixing problems.

When Syria's dictatorship fell in early December, a celebration broke out nearly 6,000 miles away in Toledo, Ohio.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with British R&B singer-songwriter Yola on her new EP, My Way, and what's changed for her creatively since she last released music.