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GOP lawmakers in Tennessee have redrawn Nashville from one Democratic congressional district into three GOP-leaning districts. Democrats will have a difficult, if not impossible, time getting elected.

Kenneth Tomlinson, chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, has sought to monitor shows on public television and radio to gauge their political leanings. Documents obtained by NPR show the extent of the monitoring, conducted by a consultant hired by Tomlinson.

Zara Rutherford set off from Belgium in August to circle the globe in her Shark UL plane. Five months later, she landed back home, having landed in 41 countries on five continents.

Alex Chadwick talks with Slate editor David Plotz about the debate over the use of sperm donated by homosexual men to sperm banks. Plotz's book The Genius Factory: Unraveling the Mystery of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank will be published in June.

What's the best way to get people reading comics? Hook 'em young. And comics for early readers are booming — even big publishers like DC, famed for grim and gritty, are getting in on the action.

NPR's Audie Cornish interviews Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, about the testimony Wednesday of former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.

It alleges nearly $5 billion in taxpayer dollars are being sent to private schools and charter schools via the Family Empowerment Scholarship, which aren’t held to the same standards or oversight as traditional public schools.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones about her new docuseries, The 1619 Project, which is based on the journalism project of the same name.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says immigrants and non-citizens in South Florida should not fear a citizenship question on the 2020 census. During...

Born in India, Henry, a 4,600-pound Indian rhinoceros, celebrated his 40th birthday with a fruit "cake" followed by sweet potatoes and carrots.

Sri Lanka is paying some foreign debts with tea, rather than cash. But an abrupt ban on chemical fertilizers has hurt crop yields and tea pickers are losing hours and wages as food prices double.

Ohio's Republican Senate primary is shaping up as a fight between candidates touting their pro-Donald Trump credentials. The race for the open seat has recently gained in intensity and animosity.

Student athletes normally are ineligible to continue playing after graduation. But with college careers cut short by the coronavirus, the NCAA may allow Division 1 seniors to play next year.

Central California is home to a large population of Sikh Punjabi farmers who say this year's harvest festival, Vaisakhi, holds complicated feelings amid months-long farmer protests in India.

The CDC's HIV surveillance report covers data collected from 2015 to 2019. Hillsborough and Pinellas counties were identified as particular areas of concern nationally.

In a piece on his latest album, the Pulitzer-winning composer uses a code of musical notes to spell out the name of his wife, Natasha. Another composition is inspired by her remarkable resilience.

China is holding its annual "two sessions", which will reshuffle leaders in top government jobs at a time of big challenges.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump return to court in Washington, D.C., in another skirmish over procedures in the case that accuses him of trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Science and art often seem to develop in separate silos, but many thinkers are inspired by both. Novelist Cormac McCarthy, filmmaker Werner Herzog and physicist Lawrence Krauss discuss science as inspiration for art and Herzog's new film on the earliest known cave paintings.

Pakistan, celebrating its 60th anniversary this week, is a country of contradictions, two Pakistani-born novelists say. On the one hand, there are signs of optimism about the emergence of democracy. On the other, Pakistan is seen as the focus of the war on terrorism.

The House Intelligence Committee released the redacted whistleblower complaint on Thursday, just moments before acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire testified.

Bad-boy golfer John Daly doesn't have an exercise regimen. He begins his day with a Diet Coke and a cigarette, and he has battled addictions to alcohol and gambling. But he sure can play. His new book is Golf My Own Damn Way.

Actor Laura Dern and her mother Diane Ladd have always shared a profession. But when Ladd was diagnosed with lung disease, the two started sharing so much more. Their new book is Honey, Baby, Mine.

Schoolhouse Rock used catchy tunes and videos to teach math, grammar and history. We listen to archival interviews with music director Bob Dorough, songwriter Dave Frishberg and singer Jack Sheldon.

In North Carolina, key buildings at a 1940s-era segregated Marine base are being restored. The structures at Montford Point, now part of Camp Lejeune, were used by the first Black Marines.