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Georgia is known as the Peach State. But warming winters due to climate change mean fewer chill hours needed for fruit. Growers and horticulturists are now experimenting with new varieties to adapt.

Kirstin Downey's biography of FDR's Labor Secretary Frances Perkins paints an inspiring and substantive portrait of the woman who ushered in the 40-hour work week.

Nothing about Donald Trump's presidential campaign has been traditional. But even veteran political watchers are surprised at how Trump eschews campaign staples, such as volunteers and handlers.

Stephon Alexander once downplayed the connections he saw between jazz and physics, concerned that — as "the only black person" in his professional circle — his credibility would be questioned.

Someone bid $61 million for an uncut diamond this week. NPR's Scott Simon asks Rachelle Bergstein, author of "Brilliance and Fire: the Biography of Diamonds," what makes a rock worth so much money?

The stories in Jenny Zhang's powerful debut collection center on the violent, sometimes disturbing experiences of young Chinese-American girls growing up in Queens, NY.

Laura Shapiro has likened her method of biographical research to "standing in line at the supermarket and peering into the other carts." Critic Maureen Corrigan says her resulting book is fascinating.

Elizabeth Strout is best known for her short story collection Olive Kitteridge, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2009. Her new book is a novel, and critic Maureen Corrigan says it's a different type of winner.

No. 22 seed Frances Tiafoe defeats Rafael Nadal to end the Spaniard's 22-match Grand Slam winning streak and reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time.

Actor Jeff Goldblum talks about what he's learned about being a good person with NPR's Rachel Martin for Wild Card.

Valerie ran off while she was on a camping trip with her humans back in 2023 on a remote island in Australia. They had lost hope until locals spotted her more than a year later, surviving in the wild.

McDaniels co-founded Run-D.M.C., the first rap group to have their videos played on MTV, to earn a platinum record and to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Originally broadcast in 1997.

Decades-long systemic shortcomings have left suicide among children ages 5 to 11 poorly tracked and addressed. Now, as rates appear to be rising, advocates are strengthening efforts to screen for problems and prevent deaths in younger children.

President Trump has threatened Democratic-run cities, like Chicago and Oakland, that if they don't "learn their lesson" and "clean-up" crime, he will get involved. But leaders of these cities say they are doing the work to reduce crime in ways that will make a lasting impact.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rep. Frank Pallone. D-N.J., about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that he will testify before Congress next week about the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

An increasing number of women are joining the Ukrainian military, with thousands serving in front-line roles, as Russia's war on Ukraine nears its fourth year — with no peace in sight.

Mimi Sheraton, who chronicled New York's culinary scene, has died at 97. She is being remembered as the New York Times' first female restaurant critic, who enjoyed great food from little-known spots.

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take nitrogen and convert it into the ingredient that helps all organisms grow.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan about their new movie Father of the Bride, which is a fresh take on a familiar story: Dad finds out his daughter is getting married.

the downing of flight 800 as an act of sabotage, they have all but ruled out every other possibility, and the discovery of the front of the 747 more than a mile from the rest of wreckage tends to support that theory.

In Atlanta, 14 percent of African-American men cannot vote because they are imprisoned, on probation or on parole, according to a new study. NPR's Tavis Smiley speaks with Ryan King of the Sentencing Project and with Carl Route of the National Association of Previous Prisoners.

From revenge plots to quiet goodbyes, breakup movies explore how people rebuild when love falls apart.

We hear from a father and son, on the last night of their trip to Van, Turkey, where they sought a few days' respite from the war in Iran.

Zinemaker and designer Keith Rosson's debut novel is set in a small Oregon town in the 1980s, where the rain pours down, jellyfish rot on the beach — and a strange supernatural force is on the move.

The Invisibles looks at an under-reported aspect of the Holocaust. It's a docudrama, opening in the U.S. Friday, about Jews who survived in Berlin, a city the Nazis had proclaimed "Jew-free."