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Tony and Maria, Sharks and Jets — Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner take a fresh look at the musical theater classic West Side Story.

From the birthplace of Stax and Sun Records, and the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, the pair of rapper-producers snatched soul music and put it to work for a new generation.

There were expectations that Donald Trump would do worse with Latino voters than any candidate in history, but that didn't happen.

The NCAA fined University of Michigan football millions of dollars for a scheme to figure out the signs other teams use in games. NPR speaks with Larry Lage, sports reporter for the Associated Press.

It's illegal for casinos in Nevada to take bets from out of state. But that didn't stop one subsidiary of a Wall Street firm from trying.

The latest round of women's marches is against the filling of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat. It's also an opportunity for activists to take stock as the stakes of the election loom.

President Obama recently announced a plan to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Three people with close ties to the issue share their views on whether or not to close the detention center.

Some of Judge Aileen Cannon’s decisions in Trump's Florida classified documents case have baffled one former judge, who gives her assessment of the case so far.

Six months after the election, a federal judge has ordered that a contest for the North Carolina should finally be over, in a case that targeted thousands of votes on technical grounds.

It's the first measles death in the U.S. since 2015. More than 130 people in west Texas and New Mexico have been sickened in the outbreak so far.

In South Korea's competitive, traffic-snarled capital, urban camping offers some welcome relaxation to campers with all the right gear but little time to travel.

Researchers are examining whether a decline in reading and math scores over the last decade is related to the widespread use of smartphones by young people.

The Iran war and closure of the Strait of Hormuz have damaged the global economy, but Iran's own economy has been faltering for years.

The Trump administration has replaced expiring tariffs with new ones as it pursues its aggressive trade agenda.

The U.S. confronts its rival Mexico for the World Cup Qualifier; Cincinnati faces an uphill battle to the College Football Playoffs; and sports overtakes politics in Americans' news consumption.

The musical "Passing Strange" opens Thursday and runs through Sunday. It will repeat the four-date series June 18-21.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actor and singer Reneé Rapp about her path from Broadway to a hit HBO show, and now, her long-desired launch as a solo music artist with her EP 'Everything to Everyone.'

NPR's Scott Simon ponders the loss of civility and respect in public discourse.

Stuck in traffic? In Kabul? Afghanistan's capital has some of the worst traffic jams in the world. But humorous bumper stickers, plastered all over cars, makes driving a little more bearable.

A decade ago, Michigan had high rates of parents not vaccinating their children, so it required them to attend an in-person education class to get an exemption. It worked — until things got ugly.

States continue to struggle getting rental assistance to those facing eviction. The money is there, but it's not getting distributed. One Oregon county has hired navigators to help get the money out.

Maybe you won't pay several hundred dollars for a pair of sneakers, but there are a lot of people who will — providing they are the right sneakers. Demand for certain models has spawned a robust market for resellers — people who buy up the available supply and resell them for a profit.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to ESPN's Jesse Washington about the Michigan Wolverines beating the Washington Huskies 34-13 to win their first college football national championship since 1997.

Climate-related storms are becoming more frequent and severe. NPR and PBS FRONTLINE investigate the forces keeping communities from building back in a way that protects them from the next storm.

The U.S. men's national soccer team came into the Gold Cup missing many of its usual starters — but, in their absence, a 21-year-old bleach blonde Mexican-American winger named Diego Luna stood out.