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The Georgia Secretary of State says the state will conduct a recount.

Writer Heidi Durrow says she has read Nella Larsen's Passing more than a dozen times. The 1929 novel tells the story of two light-skinned, African-American women — childhood friends who are reconnected after leading drastically different lives. Durrow says Larsen demands that her readers transcend society's assigned labels.

The two brightest planets in Earth's night sky are millions of miles apart. But due to an astronomical quirk, they appear to be engaging in a cosmic dance tonight. Now that's a moment of awe.

Formula 1 racing has a ban on cursing, with fines starting at about $46,000. NPR's Scott Simon explains why drivers are darn unhappy with that.

The Toronto International Film Festival is underway. Many likely Academy Awards contenders were unveiled at this year's festival.

Two University of Florida students arrested earlier this year during pro-Palestinian protests on campus have accepted plea deals to misdemeanor criminal charges and will pay a small fine with no jail time.

Faith and religion have been career-long themes for the Run the Jewels rapper — if often in a wary, ambivalent light. But on Michael, his first solo LP in over a decade, something has changed.

Floridians have another year of reprieve before they face a likely hike in their flood insurance premiums, thanks to political pressure from Congress over…

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has OK'd a draft permit in Calhoun County. But Apalachicola Riverkeeper, a citizens group, contends there is a 100% failure rate of wells drilled there.

While two residents in the flooded Port Richey neighborhood of Gulf Highlands chose to evacuate their homes, others, like Craig Caley, stayed…

Last quarter, tariffs cost the auto industry billions of dollars. So far, that has come out of profits instead of being passed along to buyers. But that could change.

How the first-time actress took on her role in the Academy Award nominee for Best Picture.

Cambodia is one of the most fully COVID-19 vaccinated countries in the world. Besides help from China, the success is also due to systems already in place to combat malaria and other illnesses.

Rachel Martin talks to Colum Lynch of Foreign Policy magazine about the new U.N. sanctions on North Korea. The sanctions were not as strong as the Trump administration had hoped for.

For decades, astronomers believed there was another planet in our solar system, tucked just out of sight. Then Albert Einstein figured out it wasn't there. Author Thomas Levenson explains.

Doris Kearns Goodwin's late husband Dick Goodwin was a speechwriter for former Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.

Numerous studies have demonstrated a link between a positive outlook and good health outcomes. But what if you’re just too negative? Turns out you can train yourself to be an optimist.

An outbreak of avian flu in dairy cow herds has resurfaced long-simmering tensions between the federal government and raw milk advocates, who downplay concerns that health officials have raised.

Americans are deeply divided on the idea of "vaccine passports," but it's not a red-blue divide. A range of voices across the spectrum are both for and against.

In Bolivia, backers of the recently ousted president dismiss the new interim president as illegitimate, because she was not approved by congress. She, in turn, vows a return to democracy.

Venezuela's opposition leader plans to return to the country. The U.S. and more than 50 countries have been pressing for him to be the next president, but the current president won't resign.

Daytime booze-free parties at coffee shops are gaining steam around the country. In predominantly white Seattle, these parties are also a space to connect for people with Latino roots.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Lindsay Jones, senior NFL editor for The Ringer, about the newest coaches hired in the league and what trends we can take away from them.

One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson played for UK Soccer club Doncaster Rovers in a reserve game this week against Rotherham United. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with BBC's Andy Kershaw about the game.

The commission investigating events surrounding the Sept. 11 attacks says the U.S. government did not fully appreciate the danger posed by al Qaeda. The report describes failures of Congress and both the Clinton and Bush administrations.