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For the first time in months, European negotiators report progress in nuclear talks with Iran and the U.S. An agreement would revive an Obama-era pact that President Donald Trump abandoned.

CBS' new owner, David Ellison, has taken concrete steps to address the concerns of the news division's sharpest critics — particularly President Trump and his allies.

Experts say AI can get personal finance fundamentals right but may struggle with nuanced questions.

Election conspiracies have fundamentally changed the job of local voting officials, and many don't want to take it anymore.

The kids' picture book centers around a little boy who is continually asked why he only has one leg by other kids on the playground.

President Biden's penchant for Irish poetry is likely to come through during his upcoming visit to the Emerald Isle, where he'll mark the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

Approaching death can be a long descent into pain and fear, and drugs and social support may not ease these worries. Alternative medicine is increasingly accepted as part of palliative care, and some studies show music is one method to ease pain and stress at the end of life.

In Portland, Ore., little girls are soldering copper, pouring concrete and running electrical wiring. At the Girls Build camp, local tradeswomen teach them the ins and outs of construction.

If Gov. Ron DeSantis signs, it wouldn't take effect until Jan. 1, 2027.

Music critic Lloyd Schwartz first met poet Elizabeth Bishop when she moved to Cambridge in the early 1970s after living in Brazil for nearly 20 years. Now Schwartz has co-edited a new collection of work by the former U.S. Poet Laureate.

Despite a rise in religious doctrine from the government, a recent survey shows a dip in the portion of people identifying as religious, compared with a poll in 2008.

That's right, watch the week's news get the treatment it deserves when the NPR news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! brings its star power to big screens across the country in a special LIVE performance on May 2, 2013.

Executives from four U.S. Internet companies get a chilly reception Wednesday on Capitol Hill as members of Congress accuse them of helping China oppress internal dissent. But the companies say their operations in China would foster freedom there, not squelch it.

Russians have been counting the days until Donald Trump is sworn in as the next U.S. president. Officials, and official television, have been blasting the Obama years and looking forward to improved ties.

Sikh and Muslim workers say they're being forced to choose between their religion and their job.

Working-class voters have moved away from the Democratic Party. Winning them back is key to the party's future, a new reports shows. But first, the messaging has to change.

Oakland is losing the A's but gaining a minor-league baseball team. Scott Simon talks with Don Wakamatsu, head of baseball operations of the Oakland Ballers and former major league player and coach.

Prosecutors said Monday that 67 adults and five juveniles face charges from criminal mischief to conspiracy and felony burglary.

Colonial Americans were drinking coffee long before they dumped tea into Boston Harbor or fought a war for independence. The establishments that served it were already brewing revolutionary ideas.

The victory gardens of the 1940s helped people contribute to the war effort from the safety of home. 75 years later, vegetable gardens are having a resurgence, for similiar reasons.

The massively influential songwriter was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday. Sean Wilentz, author of Bob Dylan In America, says it's appropriate to consider Dylan's songs literary works.

A group called Vet the Vote is encouraging veterans to help out with the shortage of election workers in an atmosphere made tense by heated rhetoric and even threats against poll workers.

Chris Tomlinson covered conflict, including apartheid in Africa, for 11 years. Then the great-great-grandson of Texas slaveholders realized he needed to write a book about his family's history.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump crisscrossed the country on the final day of campaigning before Election Day. On Monday night, Clinton held a rally at Independence Mall in Philadelphia.

Keisha Lance Bottoms is the new White House senior advisor for public engagement. The former Atlanta mayor begins her job at a time when President Biden's approval ratings are at an all-time low.