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The Martha Graham Dance Company begins its first official season in almost three years after a long legal battle over rights to the late Martha Graham's dances. The company will showcase a spectrum of her work, spanning eight decades of modern dance. Alicia Zuckerman reports for Morning Edition.

On Oct. 25, 1921, one of the most destructive hurricanes that the Tampa Bay area experienced hit the region. The National Weather Service took a look back at the Category 3 storm.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky also endorsed a mix-and-match approach to boosters that would be flexible for patients and health care providers.

Archaeologists working to uncover a wealthy villa on the outskirts of the ancient city have found a dormitory for workers, providing important insight into daily life.

The Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon has been without clean drinking water for years, the just-passed infrastructure bill promises to fix that.

Poetry reviewer Tess Taylor talks about her recommendations for some new books by poets: Generations by Lucille Clifton, Two Murals by Jesus Castillo and The Curious Thing by Sandra Lim.

Wisconsin judge Bruce Shroeder is generating a lot of social media scrutiny for his outspokenness in court while overseeing the homicide trial for Kyle Rittenhouse.

Leahy, 81, is the longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate.

Morning Edition is asking for poems reacting to the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man shot and killed while jogging in Glynn County, Ga. Create one based on how you feel in this moment.

In 1980, John Goodenough's work led to the lithium-ion battery, now found in everything from phones to electric cars. He and fellow researchers say they've come up with a faster-charging alternative.

In the Netflix hit series Squid Game, cash-strapped players compete in deadly children's games for money. NPR's podcast, The Indicator, looks at what the show reveals about debt and decision making.

President Trump twice received intelligence briefings on the coronavirus in January, a White House official tells NPR. The briefings were on Jan. 23 and Jan. 28.

NPR's Noel King talks to Ian McNulty, who covers New Orleans food culture, about K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen, an iconic restaurant in the city's French Quarter, announcing it will close permanently.

The U.S. and NATO are staging their largest military exercises since the end of the Cold War, and they're doing it in countries of 3 former members of the Warsaw Pact: Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary.

A Hong Kong online news site said Sunday that it will cease operations in light of deteriorating press freedoms, days after police raided a separate pro-democracy news outlet, arresting seven.

Governor Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., has weighed into the redistricting fight in Florida by proposing his own controversial congressional redistricting maps that dilute minority voting power.

While Gov. Ron DeSantis said he plans to prioritize elderly and at-risk residents when it comes to COVID-19 tests, his administration acknowledged this week that nearly a million other at-home test kits have expired.

Cancellation of the presidential election by Poland's ruling party on May 10 and plans for a new all-postal ballot are raising concerns about the state of Polish democracy.

The Delaware Democrat speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference.

The bill includes a number of provisions, such as $52 billion for chip manufacturing, $45 billion to improve supply chains for critical items, and $160 billion for scientific research and innovation.

For National Poetry Month, NPR's Life Kit team offers some tips to help you better appreciate the art form — and encourages listeners to write their own haikus.

Could Shakespeare have been in love if he didn't even exist? Director Roland Emmerich's Elizabethan-era costume drama turns a cockamamie idea about the Bard's "real" identity into a ridiculous but handsome thriller.

A new animated series on Comedy Central, Lil' Bush, premieres Wednesday night. The show re-imagines the Bush administration as elementary school classmates.

Gu, who is American born to a Chinese mother, is representing China during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. She has competed under the Chinese flag since 2019.

Exciting and colorful Hollywood treasures turn up at the estate sale of a woman who made patterns for renowned costume designers Edith Head and Bob Mackie.