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The former International Space Station commander achieved Internet stardom with his in-space rendition of David Bowie's "Space Oddity." After three missions and a total of six months in space he shares what he's learned in a book, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth.

Deepening drought is raising fears of another bad year for wildfires. It's also expected to trigger more water cutbacks in a number of states.

David Crosby, an icon of American rock, has died. A co-founder of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young influenced a generation of rockers and singer songwriters. He was 81.

On social media, young women are increasingly open about attending 12-step sex and love addiction programs. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous reports 1,200 meetings in more than 50 countries.

A handful of dreadful losses — plus some drama between the team's biggest star and its new head coach — has the USMNT looking for a badly-needed rebound in this summer's Gold Cup tournament.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post, whose book Code Red is out next week, and Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review and Bloomberg Opinion about impeachment and Iowa caucuses.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Sterlin Harjo, writer and creator of the new FX series Reservation Dogs, which premieres Aug. 9.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mark Cancian, a former Marine colonel and expert on military procurement, about Biden's request to Congress for billions of dollars to buy Javelin missiles to aid Ukraine.

Mississippi has historically had some of the highest vaccination rates in the U.S. But that number is slipping amid a wider trend of declining childhood vaccination rates across the country.

His new book The Merry Spinster infuses old stories with psychological horror, tackling issues of gender and property. "The blood was already there," he says. "I was just moving the blood around."

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Crow about her documentary that follows three Mexican-American high school students in Texas training to become border patrol officers.

NPR's Juana Summers talks to Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas about the shooting at a Super Bowl celebration Wednesday that killed one person and injured more than 20 others.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with writer Phillip B. Williams about his debut novel, Ours, a sprawling American epic that centers on a woman who frees enslaved people and builds a hidden town for them.

The university's School of Performing Arts and College of Medicine are working together on an experiment to better understand how music affects dementia patients.

Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen finished testifying in the New York case on Monday. The duration of Trump's own defense is not known, though they have already begun calling witnesses.

It's the money that the federal govt. coughs up when it takes tax paying local land off the tax rolls. This money usually goes to local schools, but Washington is late with it's payment this year and some in Congress want to reduce it dramatically anyway. Madeline Brand of member station W-B-G-O reports.

NPR's John Ydstie reports on the Caterpillar corporation's decision to close a parts manufacturing plant in York Pa. 1100 United Auto Workers will lose their jobs as a result. For years the company has maintained it needs concessions from the union to make the plant competitive again. The UAW decided not to budge on benefits and pay...and now it looks like York, Pa. will lose its Caterpillar plant.

In The Invisible Front, journalist Yochi Dreazen tells the story of the Grahams, a close-knit family that lost two sons in the span of a year and then took up the fight against military suicide.

Most stories about Haspel, the nominee to lead the agency, focus on her controversial role in the CIA's waterboarding program. The CIA is attempting to counter that with a biography and testimonials.

By assessing the strength of certain connections in the brain with an MRI test, researchers were often able to tell whether children and adolescents had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

The Russian economy took a big hit in 2014. The U.S. and other countries imposed economic sanctions after Russia annexed Crimea, but it was falling oil prices that really hurt the country.

After more than a decade of destruction, the Russian region of Chechnya is now being rebuilt. The new signs of stability are welcome to most Chechens, but human rights groups say the region's pro-Moscow government is using fear and corruption to govern a traumatized population.

The California winemaker firmly believed that no bottle of wine should cost more than $10. He created a business that struck bargain wine gold with Charles Shaw — also known as "Two Buck Chuck."

Recession looms for Argentina as the country officially eclipses the 100 percent inflation mark.