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Microsoft launches Windows Vista, its newest operating system, Tuesday. While the software giant is trying to pump up the product's "wow" factor, an editor at PC Magazine reviews its potential.

The author's lawyer says a contract bars the producers of a high-profile stage adaptation from departing "in any manner" from the spirit of the classic novel.

Jay Jackson plays the hilariously odd newscaster on NBC's Parks and Recreation. But before he was a fake anchor, Jackson spent 22 years as a real TV reporter — and he became an actor by accident.

One maverick Palestinian believes the key to Middle East peace is a greater Arab understanding of the Nazi holocaust. Khaled Mahamed, an Arab-Israeli lawyer in the city of Nazareth, has set up the first Arab museum on the Third Reich slaughter of European Jews. But the museum has attracted the anger of both Arabs and Jews.

Trooper Brian North fired seven gunshots into a car, killing 19-year-old Mubarak Soulemane in 2020 after a high-speed chase. North said he feared Soulemane would attack other officers with a knife.

Farai Chideya talks with New Orleans writer and educator Kalamu ya Salaam about his oral history project to document the city even as it undergoes massive change in its effort to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.

American reporter Jill Carroll was set free Thursday, nearly three months after she was kidnapped in a bloody ambush that killed her translator. She said she had been treated well.

Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) stepped aside Wednesday as House Majority Leader after a Texas grand jury indicted him on a conspiracy charge in a campaign finance scandal. Alex Chadwick talks with Slate chief political correspondent John Dickerson about the political fallout from the indictment.

Combat veteran Christy Barry has been working to help her former Afghan colleagues escape the Taliban — including a former brigadier general, who was a key U.S. ally and is on the run.

The money will be used for restoration projects that have dragged on for years, including building a reservoir and undoing damage from old bridges built in the Everglades.

In addition to Texas, a number of state legislatures are considering bills that would affect trans youth healthcare. Proponents of LGBTQ rights say the issue is being used to score political points.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a historical landslide election two years ago. But now he's fighting for his political life.

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St. Albans dates back to the 8th century, with a storied past featuring medieval pigeons, Oliver Cromwell and tunnels once traversed by monks. Now its future is uncertain.

The bipartisan program — called ERIC — allows states to improve voting access and election security at the same time. But it's currently under attack from the far right.

It's difficult to know what pulling The Interview from theaters will cost Sony Pictures. Estimates vary widely and Sony hasn't announced whether it will pursue an alternative plan to release the film. At a minimum, though, the $45 million Sony put up to make the move appears to be at risk. And there is an unquantifiable hit to the company's reputation.

A measure to compel the Justice Department to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein is on its way to President Trump's desk after quickly advancing through both chambers of Congress Tuesday.

The Arizona Democrat would be the decisive signature on a petition to force a vote on releasing the records. But Speaker Mike Johnson says he will not swear her in until after the shutdown is over.

Dry January is the practice of not drinking for the first month of the new year. But where did the practice come from?

Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, apologized for his antisemitic behavior in a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal. But why now? NPR's Michel Martin asks journalist Anna Peele.

Recreation.gov is kind of like Ticketmaster for campsites — a government website that controls access to the most popular recreational sites on federal public land. Many critics say it’s not fair.

Planet Money heard about a hiring controversy at Tyson Foods, one of the country's biggest meat processors. So they went to find out: Were they taking jobs from citizens and giving them to migrants?

Trump has applied for a dozen new trademarks in China since her father became president, but will she be successful?

Members of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District — made up of Gov. Ron DeSantis appointees — voted unanimously to sue Disney in state court Monday.

Zephyr was silenced and barred for chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for encouraging protesters.

Despite a Justice Department decision giving same-sex married couples equal recognition in federal courthouses, prisons and other programs, inconsistency in the treatment of same-sex married couples under the health law remains. States still make their own decisions.