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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Brian Raftery, author of the book, Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen.

The Studio, The Pitt and Adolescence took home top prizes on Sunday. And while the wins were deserving, the telecast was meh. Here are a few takeaways from a night that was a real mixed bag.

Nearly two weeks into the Trump administration's takeover of the police in Washington, D.C., some local churches are experiencing drops in attendance as worshippers fear being detained.

Former NPR senior European correspondent Sylvia Poggioli, who covered Rome for many years and covered Pope Francis, discusses news of the pope's death at age 88.

Republicans are fretting over recent polling that puts President Obama over 50 percent in some key swing states, but The Weekly Standard's Jay Cost says they needn't worry too much yet, as Obama isn't gaining in places his campaign hasn't blitzed with ads.

Health and Human Services outlined two pathways for importing the drugs to the U.S., a plan Secretary Alex Azar says is intended to "lower prices and reduce out of pocket costs for American patients."

Medicaid expansion for 1 million low-income adults in Florida may technically be dead, after committees in both the House and Senate voted to kill it. And

School districts across Florida are reviewing their security plans and addressing safety concerns after a mass shooting at a Broward County high school…

Ten years ago, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, causing apocalyptic damage in the capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding cities.

The Senate Education Committee has advanced a bill to explore what it calls “intellectual freedom” on college campuses, drawing the most debate of any...

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Adam Jentleson, former deputy chief of staff to Sen. Harry Reid, about his new book, which explains how the Senate minority uses the filibuster to override the majority.

In-person school is far better for most students — both for their education and social development. But the survey found teachers and parents are equally divided on whether it’s worth the risk.

The new law allows employers to ask staff to work up to 400 hours per year of overtime — but employers can delay payment for up to three years.

Some folks are taking their first vaccine dose in a two-dose regimen, then deciding to skip the second one altogether. Or maybe to delay it longer than suggested. Is this a bad idea?

Windsor-Smith is known for his work on Conan the Barbarian and lots of X-Men titles. Now, he's back with a passion project about a man subjected to ghastly secret government experiments.

Young bankers on Wall Street are re-assessing their careers as the pandemic blurred lines between home and office hours.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration faces pressure to take action on Tesla's partially automated driving system, which has been involved in at least three U.S. deaths.

CEO Tim Cook will defend his company against accusations from Epic Games that Apple has an illegal monopoly. The trial has focused on a 30% commission on most purchases made in the Apple App Store.

Think buying health insurance through the Affordable Care Act will be confusing? You're not alone. NPR listeners asked questions that have been bugging them about student status options and penalties. Julie Rovner, NPR's health policy correspondent, explains how it's going to work.

Here's what we know about the effectiveness of vaccines for variants of concerns, notably the delta variant, first identified in India and now responsible for more than 20% of new U.S. cases.

Victor Davis Hanson, "Carnage and Culture" author and a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, talks politics with Scott Simon. He calls the election cycle a continuation of populist outrage.

Democratic presidential candidates engaged in their 3rd debate of the primary season. David Greene talks to Cokie Roberts and Democratic pollster Anna Greenberg, of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research.

The Afghan restaurant Lapis in Washington D.C., owned by a family of Afghan immigrants who fled in the 1980s, has been accepting donations to help Afghan refugees who are expected in the area.

Carved zigzag marks on a shell found more than a century ago have drawn new interest from archaeologists. The half-million-year-old lines aren't from an animal, and might be art from Homo erectus.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kristyn Peck of Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area about their efforts to resettle refugees coming from Afghanistan.