NPR has lost a singular, distinctive radio journalist: Susan Stamberg, who died Thursday. She was the first woman to host a national news broadcast and set the tone, pace, and scope of the network.
American millionaires and celebrities are buying up British soccer teams in record numbers.
The admiral overseeing U.S. Southern Command is leaving as the Pentagon continues its attacks on small boats in the waters off Venezuela, claiming they are being used by drug traffickers.
Was the great Chicago rat hole of 2024 actually made by a rat? Researchers who looked at the imprint in the sidewalk slab say probably not!
Ukraine's president met yesterday with President Trump, trying to both bolster his country's weaponry and pursue a ceasefire with Russia. But it's unclear how interested Russia is in a deal.
The organizers of Saturday's No Kings protests are expecting millions of people at more than 2,000 events to demonstrate against what they see as the Trump administration's authoritarian policies.
ICE tried to send one immigrant to a country he never lived; then he lawyered up. Detainees like him who can afford to pay for more due process show the pitfalls of a mass deportation approach.
NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss sports.
A week after the Gaza ceasefire, Israel's new restrictions are keeping desperately needed aid out.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Andrea Parent-Tibbetts owner of Clover Brook Farm in Hyde Park, New York, about leaping llamas, an event at the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival where animals compete to see who can jump the highest.
The Trump administration has adopted an aggressive approach to foreign policy in Latin America. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Ivan Briscoe at the International Crisis Group about the shift.
Advocates for cancer research and resources put aside political differences to lobby lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
The government shutdown goes on and House Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear in a Democratic representative-elect. President Trump thinks he has momentum to get a Russia-Ukraine peace deal done.
Residents of Lanier, Indiana are disturbed, amused or bored by an emailed sex survey. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Robyn Ryle about her collection of short stories, "Sex of the Midwest."
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi about his new movie, "It Was Just An Accident." Panahi made the film right after being released from Iranian prison.
Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular.
Childhood friends Ben Bridwell and Sam Beam used to share mixtapes of their favorite songs. Now they've made a cover album together, "Making Good Time." They talk to NPR's Scott Simon.
An amateur satellite tracker stumbled across the signal, which is coming from Starshield satellites in a "hidden" part of the radio spectrum.
Decades of metamorphosis and drag performer Joey Arias is far from his final form.
For a century, the BBC has broadcast the weather report for the seas around the UK. "The Shipping Forecast" has informed and lulled generations who tune in to hear it.