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NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss college basketball's Final Four. Can anyone stop South Carolina's women and UConn's men this year?

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks constitutional law scholar Kim Wehle about Donald Trump's court arguments that his Jan. 6-related activities fell within the scope of his presidential duties.

Dave Lombardo of Slayer breaks out gongs, timbales, djembes, congas and cajóns (plus anything else he can bang on) for the album Rites of Percussion.

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year in 2019 was a simple four letter word: “they.”The reason for the choice, according to the dictionary publisher, is that…

Heatstroke can damage organs if not quickly treated. A lot of races aren't prepared to offer the right care, which includes emerging victims in ice baths at the venue to quickly cool body temperature.

The commercial impact of the Michael Jackson biopic Michael is reaching well beyond the global box office.

Oyelowo plays a formerly enslaved man who went on to become one of the nation's first Black Deputy U.S. Marshals in the Paramount+ series Lawmen: Bass Reeves. Oyelowo also produced the series.

After a teenager attempted suicide, her parents searched in vain for therapists who would take their insurance and were accepting new patients. The family paid for therapy with credit cards instead.

Twenty thousand fans with tickets said their final goodbyes Tuesday to pop icon Michael Jackson at a star-studded farewell at Los Angeles' Staples Center. Thousands more jammed the streets, hoping for a glimpse of the funeral motorcade.

As part of our ongoing series Snapshots 2016, NPR catches up with 31-year-old Farrah Farley, a volunteer with the Clinton campaign. She shares her path to volunteering for Clinton in New Hampshire.

Members of the NPR Music team this week have been previewing the new music out this year. Another member of the team spotlights two of the albums he's looking forward to hearing.

Richard Foglesong thinks that, in the end, not much will change because of the dire consequences of a "divorce."

Co-host Ari Shapiro speaks with Emi Palmor, chair of Natal, an Israeli help line that has existed for more than 25 years to help people experiencing PTSD from terror and war.

The U.S. went through a prison-building boom decades ago. But today, many prisons are closing down, and that's hit some economies in rural America especially hard.

A recent executive order paves the way for retirement accounts to include a lot more than stock and bond funds.

Dr. Sandeep Jauhar talks about his memoir, Intern, which documents his trial-by-fire introduction to the medical profession. Jauhar describes 80-hour weeks and the chronic exhaustion that is the trademark of first-year doctors completing their residencies.

The number of Floridians who enrolled in the Affordable Care Act this year increased by more than 55,000 compared to last year.The surge comes despite…

President Biden and Vice President Harris traveled to Georgia and North Carolina to reassure people that help is on the way. Making good on that promise is a critical test in this election year.

As cranes continue to crowd South Florida’s skyline, birds of different feather are becoming increasingly hard to find. On Saturday, birders and...

The suspect who attacked a synagogue in Michigan lost family members in an Israeli strike in Lebanon on March 5. Relatives and neighbors in his hometown share their views on his actions.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2022 class leans heavily on pop hitmakers from the 1980s, but also includes rapper Eminem and country star Dolly Parton, who initially rejected her nomination.

Our bodies aren't meant to spend hours glued to a desk. Body Electric examines how we can sit less, get off our screens and feel better. Follow the series here or on the TED Radio Hour podcast feed.

Eighty-three years after the Pearl Harbor attack, a Black sailor is buried with military honors this week. For his family, it's long awaited closure.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sherrilyn Ifill, of Howard University School of Law, about the opening the 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy.

Billions in funding President Biden awarded to reduce the 10% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions that come from agriculture is being called a "slush fund," and clawed back by the Trump administration.