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In his new book about the president and faith, author Stephen Mansfield argues evangelical witness has been hurt by the church's support for Trump.

Republicans on the campaign trail this year will be eager to tout the potential benefits of their tax cut plan.

Filmmaker Laura Poitras and Goldin discuss their Oscar-nominated documentary about efforts to remove the Sackler family name from prominent museums amid the opioid epidemic.

Actor, director and photographer Leonard Nimoy talks about his new book, The Full Body Project. The book is a collection of nude photographs of very full bodied women. Nimoy speaks with Scott Simon.

The best-selling author and humorist has kept journals for 36 years. Those diaries have been the jumping-off point for the personal essays that appear in his collections, including Me Talk Pretty One Day and now Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls.

The best-selling author and humorist has kept journals for 36 years. Those diaries have been the jumping-off point for the personal essays that appear in his collections, including Me Talk Pretty One Day and Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls. (Originally broadcast on April 24, 2013.)

Toussaint was an important behind-the-scenes figure in New Orleans R&B during the '50s and '60s. He later became known for his own recordings. He died in 2015. Originally broadcast in 1988.

Carlos Alcaraz beat Alexander Zverev, taking his first championship at the French Open and third Grand Slam title in all.

Former President Donald Trump appeared in a New York court and pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records. Across the country, voter reaction to the charges was mixed.

With high inflation, it feels like everything in the U.K. is more expensive — except beer. The government has begun taxing alcohol by strength rather than volume. So ale and prosecco are cheaper.

In the upcoming primary for Mayor of Los Angeles, incumbent Karen Bass is defending from two wildly different frontrunning challengers. Conservative reality TV star Spencer Pratt, and progressive city council member Nithya Raman.

The First District Court of Appeal ruled Gov. Rick Scott doesn’t have to release calendar and travel records. An AIDS advocacy group sued Scott for...

Journalist Vince Beiser's no-nonsense writing makes light reading of a grim subject, the past and future of sand, but it paints a telling picture of how great a problem lies before us.

Authors Philip and Erin Stead have turned 16 pages of Mark Twain's notes — on a serial bedtime story he wove for his daughters — into a new children's book, The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck about her recent PhD completion despite the hardships she's faced because of her birth name.

Tom Steyer, the hedge-fund billionaire, spent tens of millions of dollars in the midterms, mostly in seven senate and gubernatorial races. Most of his candidates lost, as will — presumably --one of his Steyer's key ambitions: major action on climate change.

Researchers say they have identified the first medical treatment that shows promise in helping some people recovering from methamphetamine addiction.

Russian President Putin called on Ukraine's military to stop fighting and cooperate with Russian forces. In Russia, there are small expressions of protest against the country's invasion of Ukraine.

The retailer Bed Bath and Beyond is going out of business. The chain once dominated the home goods market. But it's become rudderless, turbulent and broke.

After a strong harvest and commodity price jumps, many farmers are buying equipment to lower their tax burdens. But increased demand and soaring prices make it harder for young farmers to thrive.

After decades of increasing inmate populations in the U.S., researchers are seeing a slow but steady decline in the number of men and women behind bars. Big states like California, New York and Texas are leading the way in developing alternatives to incarceration — in an effort to trim prison budgets.

Critics of the FBI search of ex-President Trump's Mar-A-Lago estate say he had been cooperating and a raid was unnecessary. But Trump has a record of trying to fend off probes and withhold records.

Of all President-elect Joe Biden's announced picks for Cabinet positions, one is getting the most pushback. Neera Tanden is Biden's choice for director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Construction of new, modern reactors seemed to herald a new era of nuclear power expansion in the U.S. Now all but one of those projects have been canceled.

In 1969, Prince Pasta debuted a TV commercial set in Boston's Little Italy. Fifty years later, the ad is iconic in Boston, and helped launch Italian Americans and their food into America's homes.