She recorded a magical debut album on Blue Note and was later named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment of the Arts.

President Trump plans to tap an economist from the conservative Heritage Foundation to oversee the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is about two flappers on the prowl for sugar daddies. First published in 1925, Anita Loos' cheeky ...

Israel's military targeted an Al Jazeera correspondent with an airstrike Sunday, killing him, another network journalist and ...

EU foreign ministers meet ahead of Friday's Trump-Putin talks in Alaska, with Brussels insisting any peace deal must include Ukraine.

Researchers are working to save a tortoise that has been in the American southwest for millions of years. California has moved to put extra protections in place for the Mojave Desert tortoise.

After the U.S. early famine warning systems went dark earlier in 2025, the lights are back on. But questions remain about whether it will be as effective as before and whether it will be politicized.

Ford announced that it will retool its Louisville Assembly plant in Kentucky to focus on electric trucks. Their goal: To bring down prices for US buyers and compete with Chinese EV makers on the ...

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Father James Martin talks about letting go of his idea that God was transactional.

On Friday, a gunman opened fire on the CDC campus in Atlanta and a police officer was killed. The shooting has left employees uncertain about how safe they are at their jobs.

What happens when your first love and best friend dies suddenly when you're not speaking? That's the subject of Aisha Muharrar's debut novel Loved One. The author speaks with NPR's Juana Summers.

President Trump has taken over D.C.'s police force and plans to send in National Guard troops. It's part of his plan to slash what he says is out-of-control crime, though the numbers say otherwise.