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The actor's new memoir, A Story Lately Told, ends just as her Hollywood career is taking off. It covers her early life growing up in Ireland, the daughter of Maltese Falcon director John Huston. The two first collaborated on 1969's Walk With Love And Death, a project that proved disastrous for their relationship.

After a summer of heat above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the mountains east of Phoenix Arizona are finally cooling off. An NPR reporter hikes into the Superstition Wilderness.

We head up into the skies over Los Angeles in honor of the Goodyear Blimp's 100th. Come join us ... there's room for eight.

Tallahassee Community College Professor Monte Finklestein described how the Nazis justified banning certain books and how they kept those books from the public.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice continues a brief visit to the Middle East, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Rice praised Sharon's decision to remove 1,600 Israeli settlers from Gaza and withdraw from the northern West Bank.

An 8-year-old recently beat a 37-year-old grandmaster. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with ChessKid.com's Mike Klein about the new generation of whiz kids.

Many of us can sing along to "Loch Lomond," the old Scottish tune. For the series "What's in a Song," pianist Leslie Howard notes that the lyrics were inspired by a dark chapter in Scottish history.

The U.S. military searched without success for chemical weapons in Iraq. But author Jonathan Tucker says chemical warfare is still a serious threat.

Saying the world is entering a time of uncertainty, members of the state Economic Estimating Conference agreed Monday to slightly lower expectations through the middle of 2022 for Canadian and overseas travelers, as the panel looked at various aspects of the Florida economy.

Moonglow is a playful, fictional take on the family memoir. Set in 1990, it stars young author "Mike" Chabon, who's visiting his dying grandfather. Grandpa, it turns out, has led a remarkable life.

"Mutual abuse" is a term you may have heard in celebrity abuse trials - here's how to make sense of it.

The stopover will take place in May 2027.

Telehealth, where people interact with health care professionals over the video, has long been just over the horizon in rural America. Now, the pandemic has accelerated its adoption and use.

Top diplomats from the U.S. and Russia are visiting India. They both want the backing of the world's biggest democracy — which has so far refused to condemn the invasion of Ukraine.

The Oscars will be handed out on Sunday. Ahead of this year's Academy Awards, we visit the Hollywood Museum in Los Angeles, a chance to browse through movie artifacts from years gone by.

Iranian envoys meet Thursday in Geneva with representatives from Europe, Russia, China and the U.S. for talks that will focus on Tehran's suspect nuclear program. The meeting comes as Iran's foreign minister visited Washington on Wednesday on a rare visit.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Martin Regg Cohn, Asia correspondent for The Toronto Star, about the legacy of the deadly chemical plant accident in Bhopal, India 20 years ago that killed as many as 15,000 people. Two decades after 40 tons of methyl isocyanate leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide plant, the effects of the disaster are still evident.

More American paratroopers arrive in northern Iraq as Kurdish fighters seize positions abandoned by Iraqi paramilitary forces. The Kurds say they're within 15 miles of the oil city of Kurkuk. The Kurdish advance follows heavy U.S. bombing of the area. NPR's Ivan Watson reports.

The Georgia Supreme Court overturns a high school student's conviction for aggravated child molestation. Student Marcus Dixon, who is black, was serving 10 years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old white girl. The court ruled that Dixon should have been prosecuted on a lesser charge. NPR's Kathy Lohr reports.

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. John Edwards concentrates his efforts on winning the Georgia primary March 2. Edwards has won only one state thus far -- South Carolina -- while Democratic frontrunner Sen. John Kerry has won 15 of the 17 contests. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

He is currently starring in the Broadway production of Spamalot, the musical of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. He plays King Arthur. The show has been nominated for 14 Tony awards, including one for best performance by a leading actor in a musical for Curry. Curry's first movie, the film that made him famous, was the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. This interview was originally broadcast on March 15, 2005.

An explosion during evening prayers at a Shiite mosque in Pakistan kills at least 15 people in Karachi. Many suspect the blast may have been in retaliation for the killing of a senior Sunni cleric Sunday. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Shoaib Hasan of the Pakistani English-language monthly the Herald.

How much does it cost to take care of a seriously ill patient, and who foots the bill? NPR's Madeleine Brand examines the potential costs of long-term medical care for seriously ill patients like Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman kept alive for 15 years with a feeding tube and now close to death.

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with disability rights attorney and Slate contributor Harriet McBryde Johnson about case of Terri Schiavo, who has lingered for 15 years in a persistent vegetative state. Johnson is disabled herself, and argues that the removal of the feeding tube without Terri Schiavo's express consent is a form of discrimination against the disabled.

Martha Stewart says she wants to begin serving her 5-month prison term. Stewart's lawyer told reporters they would also go ahead with an appeal. Stewart, the former CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., was convicted in March of lying to investigators about a stock sale. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.