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The Agoraphobic Cowboy is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to country music by comic actor Rick Moranis. It features lyrics along the lines of this one: "Nine more gallons, and I'll have me a hat."

Last month, her house under Katrina's floodwaters, Sharon White was determined to go home again. On Wednesday, the New Orleans evacuee got her first look at the severe damage done to her property.

When a devastating earthquake struck Bam, Iran, in December, photographer Kvon Behpour caught the first flight back to his homeland. He tells NPR's Steve Inskeep about the story he found in the quake's survivors.

David Remnick, editor-in-chief of The New Yorker, discusses Obama's debt to the "Moses generation" of American civil rights leaders — activists who made it possible for Obama to lead his own "Joshua generation."

As senior black correspondent for The Daily Show, Larry Wilmore's used to being politically incorrect for the sake of humor. In his new book, I'd Rather We Got Casinos, he mines black culture — beyond politics — for comedy.

Nearly a dozen notebooks and journals by the author, who fought in the British Army during the war, are being released to coincide with the centenary of the start of the conflict.

"To defend this Nation, we need a healthy and ready force," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo to employees. Already, about 62% of active-duty service members are fully vaccinated.

The White House cited the "ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity" in the Xinjiang region of China. U.S. athletes will compete in the Olympics.

March Madness officially begins this week with the First Four rounds in the men's and women's tournaments. The final selections for both the men's and women's tournament will be made Sunday evening.

Putin forever? Russia's president goes into this week's election with no serious contenders, cementing his already quarter-century hold on the Kremlin through at least 2030.

An apartment building in the central Ukrainian city of Uman was hit after a series of early morning airstrikes across the country Friday.

Again, NASA is trying to launch its big new moon rocket on its first test flight.

Disability Rights Florida claims in its lawsuit that the data would help in monitoring psychiatric hospitals. The organization says it did not receive the information after making a public records request.

Finding a car to buy these days seems almost impossible. Dealer lots are emptier, prices are higher and shoppers are stressed out. Here's what to know.

Two new books chronicle the lives of two pop idols, Madonna and Britney Spears. The way each came to stardom — and what happened to them after — illuminates why their paths have been so different.

The acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has left his post, marking another disruption in a year of staff and policy changes. His leadership was questioned after he delayed responding to deadly floods in Texas.

Washington, D.C., teacher Sam Sokoloff was in the right place at the right time: a Safeway just before a curfew, and just before two shots of coronavirus vaccine would have to be thrown away.

For people at high risk of HIV, taking a daily dose of a prevention drug is essential. But many can't afford it. A new federal program makes the drugs available for free.

The play is making its world premiere at the Straz Center in Tampa. It's based on the memoir of the same name by Michael Uslan, the originator and executive producer of the Batman movie franchise.

After losing 12 years of her career to the communist blacklist, the actress and director spent decades lying about her age to make up for lost time. Her new memoir recounts her life in Hollywood.

President Trump is on his first foreign trip, taking him to the Middle East and Europe. But a new poll from NPR and Ipsos shows Americans are skeptical of Trump's populist foreign policy.

Record rains in southern Brazil due to climate change have many officials thinking about relocating towns. That would be hard for many who don't want to leave despite inevitable reoccurring floods.

A Gaza recovery crew has unearthed 50 bodies from rubble at the site of one of the war's deadliest Israeli attacks. Thousands of other bodies are believed to be buried under debris in Gaza.

The president was on a tear over the weekend with tweets ranging from the Russia probe to threatening a government shutdown over immigration to again calling the media the "enemy of the people."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continues to stress that Democrats will conduct investigations and pursue facts before opening potential impeachment proceedings.