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Pulitzer-Prize winning author Richard Russo edited this year's compendium of the best short stories. He speaks to Audie Cornish about the best new voices in fiction.

In an interview with NPR about her new book, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said she made an effort to avoid "toxic" and "trashy" Washington — and that she'll campaign for Trump in 2020.

More U.S. shoppers are buying into Halloween this year, scaring up a new spending record for costumes, decorations, candy and cute outfits for pets.

Reindeer have to dig for food in dark, snowy conditions during winter. Their vision is adapted to make that task less challenging.

Dozens of leaders in medicine, criminal justice and more issued an urgent call for collective action to tackle the gun violence crisis in the U.S.

Some Palestinian Americans in the U.S. say they feel abandoned by the U.S., and fear rising anti-Palestinian sentiment and Islamophobia at home.

Actor Nick Offerman could watch the John Wayne film The Quiet Man a million times. "It was my dad's favorite, and it quickly became mine," he says.

The folksy songwriter returns with his second album, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, now with a more upbeat, countrified sound. Yet even with the shift, Perkins continues to wrestle with his past.

The Expendables 2 director Simon West says he never gets tired of watching the cult British film Withnail and I. "It's just very funny and very well-written," he says.

The London band's leader, Jack Steadman, says there's nothing wrong with cribbing from the artists you love, as long as you cast a wide enough net.

On her latest record, the Detroit-born singer teams up with songwriting veteran Brian Holland to pay tribute to the Motown sound.

Each month, the famed L.A. club Spaceland selects an up-and-coming artist to perform a free show on Monday nights. For July, Spaceland is featuring Andy Clockwise, an indie-rock musician from Australia. Clockwise recently talked with NPR's Madeleine Brand about his career and living in L.A.

From Bond's smoking habit to the Pussy Galore storyline, there's a lot about the franchise that doesn't fly anymore. In a new Bond novel, writer Anthony Horowitz gives the spy story a modern edge.

Claudia Grisales is a congressional correspondent for NPR.

The federal workforce is one group President Biden can more directly influence. Under new rules, workers will need to get vaccinated or wear a mask and get tested regularly.

Comedian, author and filmmaker Terry Jones has died at the age of 77 after suffering from dementia. As part of Monty Python, he was known for his drag characters and for co-writing the "Spam" sketch.

A day after the secretary of state became the highest-ranking administration official to blame Russia for a vast hack of multiple U.S. agencies, the president suggested someone else may be to blame.

With lawmakers facing a mounting year-end to-do list, a deal on a new coronavirus relief package continues to be elusive for Congress.

Most big city marathons were called off last year. Now that pandemic restrictions have eased, major marathons are planned for later in 2021 in cities including New York, Boston and Chicago.

The stowaway cat, identified by the New York Post as "Smells," was returned to its owner, who was at home unaware it sneaked into the suitcase of a visiting friend.

Florida voters won't be affected by Monday's Supreme Court ruling on mail-in ballots. The court ruled 5-4 to uphold Mississippi's law that allows mail-in ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked and received within five days of Election Day.

A late-season storm has been crippling travel and knocking out power across the region. The hardest hit areas will likely be digging out of more than 2 feet of snow before the storm tapers off.

NPR's Steve Inskeep visits the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History ahead of what the Trump administration says will be a systematic review of "divisive or partisan narratives."

Florida’s public education board had its say on a controversial ed bill and the state budget Tuesday. Public school officials and a state lawmaker...

Florida Gov. Rick Scott got an update from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials in Clewiston, Monday about the Herbert Hoover Dike around Lake...