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A new gallery show in London features the paintings of Marc Padeu, playing with themes from Renaissance art and bringing them to his homeland of Cameroon.

Stone had her first panic attack at age 7. She says acting helps with anxiety, because it draws on her "big feelings." She's nominated for an Oscar for Poor Things. Originally broadcast Jan. 31, 2024.

Amer grew up in Kuwait, where he enjoyed a comfortable life — until the first Gulf War forced his family to flee to the U.S. His Netflix show Mo is in its second season. Originally broadcast in 2022.

According to authorities, a huge surge in fraud cases targeting seniors and other vulnerable populations affected by the pandemic has been reported.

Facts by day, fiction by night! At the end of a long day in the newsroom, many of our journalists head home and escape into novels of all types.

Pioneering punk band the Sex Pistols will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a ceremony on Monday night — but the surviving members of the band, perhaps in true punk style, are refusing to attend. Madeleine Brand speaks with former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, now a popular disk jockey at a Los Angeles radio station, about why the band has promised to be a no-show.

It's rattlesnake season in Arizona, where the number of bites has surged. And it turns out most of what you thought you knew about the reptiles isn't true.

Four new members of the Broward County School Board were sworn in, after Gov. Ron DeSantis removed their predecessors on the recommendation of a statewide grand jury. It's a stunning transformation in one of the state's most Democratic-leaning counties.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Shermichael Singleton, Republican political consultant and contributing host of Vox's Consider It, about his reaction to the end of the Mueller investigation.

The Tampa Bay area has lost another of its World War II veterans and heroes - a tank commander who fought in the Battle of the Bulge.In addition to his…

A verdict has been reached in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin. The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with University of North Carolina's Dr. Hanna Sanoff, who wrote a commentary about a promising rectal cancer trial.

Law enforcement organizations are promoting a new film about children being exploited into sharing sexual images and videos. But many of the film's key claims lack context.

U.S. stock markets plummeted on Tuesday morning as a new global trade war began.

Thousands of students remain on college campuses nationwide even after the colleges and universities shifted to online classes.

Teachers have a lot on their plates this fall — from navigating mask mandates to children who aren't used to in-person school. We hear from seven educators who tell us what it's been like.

House Speaker Johnson is moving forward with foreign aid bills despite threat to oust him. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to GOP Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina about what moderate Republicans want.

Hundreds of millions have climbed out of poverty, but an equality gap has widened. Seventy years after Mao's revolution, many Chinese people reflect on their own stories of struggle and mobility.

Residents are accusing their elected board of lavish spending, nepotism and a lack of transparency — from hiring family members for paid positions and awarding no-bid contracts to insiders, to throwing exclusive themed parties on the homeowners’ dime.

The adult obesity rate fell to about 40 percent in 2023, down from 41.9 percent in 2020.

New reporting from NPR shines a light on what the company knows about the effects of its platform on users.

Melissa Block speaks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne, of the Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks, of the New York Times. They discuss the new Congress, Keystone XL Pipeline votes and terror in Paris.

When dictionaries add trendy words like "twerk," they're prioritizing the fleeting language habits of the young, says Geoff Nunberg. And our fascination with novel words tends to eclipse subtle changes in the meanings of old ones — "which are often more consequential," he says.

An NPR investigation has raised questions about whether the nonprofit Conservative Partnership Institute may be violating a legal ban on participating in political campaign activities.

Marching bands returned to practice this fall under challenges like extreme heat and irregular weather conditions. They're getting creative to beat the heat of climate change.