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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader, on what is next after the incumbent president claimed victory without providing evidence.

After former President Jimmy Carter was voted out of office in 1980, he returned to his small hometown. Hear about how Plains, Georgia, shaped his remarkable life.

Thomas' work puts Black women front and center. "We've been supportive characters for far too long," she says. "I would describe my art as radically shifting notions of beauty by reclaiming space."

AI may be the topic du jour, but for now only a human can read attentively and sensitively enough to genuinely recreate literature in a new language, as translators have done with these three works.

The positivity rate for new cases of coronavirus rose to 5.2%, the first time it's been above 5% since early May.

Experts say the request is a long shot, legally speaking. But even if it fails, it could still be a win for Trump politically. NPR traveled to West Virginia to explore why.

The University of Connecticut women's basketball team is destroying the competition. In fact, this year, there hasn't been any competition. But as the Huskies are closing in on their fourth consecutive title, the lack of competition is hurting the women's game. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to David Ubben of the website "Sports on Earth."

It's the fourth time in two decades the city has opened up the district to redevelopment proposals. Here's how the latest round of bids reimagine the 86-acre site in downtown St. Pete.

NPR's Noel King talks to Anna Sale, host of member station WNYC's podcast Death, Sex & Money, who will host a call-in show along with Colorado Public Radio's Jo Ann Allen about life after 60.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jaha Dukureh, the founder of Safe Hands for Girls, a Gambian group that aims to end female genital mutilation. Lawmakers there advanced a bill that would end its FGM ban.

A bipartisan group of Senators worked out the details on how to pay for a massive infrastructure plan. But it faces a host of hurdles in Congress, including from members of both parties.

Historically, Colorado set a very high standard for how it prosecutes hate crimes. A new provision in Colorado's hate crime statute is aiming to change that.

In a new memoir, Worthy, Pinkett Smith writes about her marriage to Will Smith, about how she charted a course from Baltimore to Hollywood, and about her close friendship with rapper Tupac Shakur.

Andy Slavitt, former senior adviser to President Biden on COVID-19, shares what he thinks the endemic phase of COVID-19 will look like in the U.S. and how we can prepare for that stage now.

Dungeons and Dragons turns 50 this year. The table top, role playing game has spawned TV shows, YouTube series and podcasts.

Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa becomes first Latino elected as Los Angeles mayor in over 100 years. His rise in Los Angeles politics marks a distinct shift in California's largest city.

The new crosswalk raises a basic question: What makes this design different from the artwork Sarasota removed at FDOT’s direction last year?

Florida State University President John Thrasher is rolling back portions of a ban on Greek life after the hazing-related death of a student....

For every couple who posts and shares loving photos on social media, there's the scary question of what happens after a breakup. Ozy.com's Carlos Watson talks about the idea of a social media prenup.

Despite the tempestuous primaries, Republicans will come back together to support the party's candidate, says Vigo County party chair Randy Gentry — "give it some time."

NPR's Susan Davis speaks with Dr. Christina Francis, board member of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, about the U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion.

“Every movie I make involves passion,” writer and director Francis Ford Coppola says. “The Godfather is very classical. Apocalypse Now is very wild.” His latest, Megalopolis, is a Roman epic – set in New Rome, a futuristic New York City.

Kristofferson, who died Sept. 28, was a Rhodes Scholar and an Army Ranger before taking a chance at songwriting. "Me and Bobby McGee" is perhaps his most famous song. Originally broadcast in 1999.

Gaines wrote of the struggles of African Americans in rural Louisiana before the civil rights era. He wrote The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, A Gathering of Old Men, and A Lesson Before Dying.

Lent is a time of fasting, charity and prayer for many Christians, who observe the period in all sorts of unique ways.