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Vivienne Westwood, iconic fashion designer, died Thursday at age 81. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ian Kelly, the co-author of Vivienne Westwood's memoir, about her life and legacy.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dana O'Neil of The Athletic about the pending lawsuit involving NBA player Zion Williamson and the alleged compensation he received during his time at Duke University.

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with reporter Alana Casanova-Burgess about her reporting on efforts to possibly change how we categorize hurricanes as they become more powerful.

Florida's unemployment was 3.4% in May, down 0.1% from the month before.The state released employment figures Friday showing there are 353,000 jobless…

A newer cholesterol drug, used with older statin medicines, modestly lowered heart risks and deaths in a big study of heart attack survivors that might...

Ukraine needs billions of dollars for reconstruction. Its prime minister is in Washington, D.C., this week meeting finance ministers and government officials from around the world, asking for help.

This year's unmissable jazz releases came in two flavors: breakthrough releases by driven young newcomers, and a heap of unearthed treasures from the vault.

You don't need to be religious to create a meaningful connection to something greater than yourself. If you're interested in examining that relationship, grab a pen and paper and answer these prompts.

Emergency aid is arriving in Indonesia to help areas devastated by this weekend's earthquake. The Indonesian government estimates that more than 5,000 people died in the quake. Alex Chadwick speaks with Barry Came, a spokesman for the United Nations World Food Program, about relief efforts in Yogyakarta, near the epicenter of Saturday's quake.

World leaders recently announced a $20 billion deal to help get Indonesia off coal power. But there are doubts about the deal, because — for one thing — the country is building brand new coal plants.

Britain announced a series of tax proposals that led to a major sell-off of the country's currency and the government's debt. Just over a week later, the government has been forced to change tack.

The Department of Homeland Security is on track to shut down Friday night after Congress left town without a deal to fund the department and limit the tactics of federal immigration officers.

The popular SweetHearts will be tougher to find this Valentine's Day. The company that used to make the candy went out of business. Its new owners aren't ready to start making new batches yet.

It's been a week since Ivan arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border and asked immigration agents to let him in on humanitarian grounds. His family still hasn't heard from him.

Junot Diaz's electric new collection of short stories centers around Yunior, a macho yet mournful Dominican-American man. In these stories about love, lust and infidelity, a good man is hard to find — and when he is found, he's always in bed with someone else.

An American Werewolf in London, Maleficent, the ghouls in "Thriller": the costume designer has made some of film's great creatures. His four-decade career is collected in a new book, Metamorphosis.

The slaying of Dr. Teresa Sievers was as mystifying as it was gruesome: After she didn't show up for work one day last June, a worried colleague found...

I create content and manage the Arts Axis Florida brand, which uplifts the arts and cultural space across the greater Tampa Bay region.

The Florida Supreme Court will not hold oral arguments on a proposed constitutional amendment that would increase the state’s minimum wage, after it did...

The city of Izium, Ukraine, was occupied by Russia in early March and became their hub of operations in the region. It was liberated just last week. Residents describe surviving months of occupation.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to economist Claudia Sahm about interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, and this week's release of quarterly economic growth numbers.

She was called the IT girl of women's golf in the Great Gatsby era. Miriam Burns won the 1927 Women's Amateur championship. She retired fromcompetitive golf in 1930 when she was 26, died at 47 and was laid to rest in an unmarked Kansas city grave. That all changes on May 30th when a headstone will be placed on her grave during a memorial service that will include golf great Tom Watson and family members of Burns only grandson

It was something of a banner year for the economy. The U.S. enjoyed healthy growth and very low unemployment, but the stock market is on track to finish the year with its worst performance since 2008.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Finnish scientist Tero Mustonen about the state of his country's peatlands. Mustonen has received the Goldman Environmental Prize for his work.

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks to scientist Michael Benton about his new research, trying to answer the age old question: which came first, the chicken or the egg?