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When Dana's son was hospitalized last year, it led her to a path of discovery about predatory online networks that groom children into harming themselves and others. Their reach is global and growing.

By age 5, Keaton was a star in his family's vaudeville act; he went on to star in and direct silent films, performing jaw-dropping stunts. Slate film critic Dana Stevens profiles Keaton in a new book.

We celebrate the NBC mockumentary by listening back to archival interviews with Carell, Gervais, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, Mindy Kaling and executive producer Greg Daniels.

Former senator and vice presidential candidate John Edwards has a new job as the director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina. He's touring the country in an effort to drum up support for the plight of the nation's poor.

Latin hip-hop percussionist Eric Bobo is out with his debut solo album, "Meeting of the Minds." Bobo talks about his broad musical influences and how he managed to blend such genres as rock and hip-hop into one CD.

After having his novel repeatedly rejected by publishing houses, writer Ron McLarty took his work straight to the people, and to the Internet. But now McLarty, a successful character actor who's been on both TV's Law and Order and on Broadway, has another challenge: attracting readers.

A Civil War battle of Ball's Bluff, near Leesburg, Va., forms the backdrop for the opening scene of Geraldine Brooks' new novel, March. Its principal character, Capt. March, becomes undone by the evils of war and his own moral shortcomings.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of NPR's first on-air broadcast, we look back at our origins in radio, how we grew from a staff of 65 to thousands, and into our future in the digital space.

After Nirvana ended, Grohl wasn't sure he wanted to continue making music. But, he says, "I realized that music was the one thing that had healed me my entire life." His memoir is The Storyteller.

The celebrity-backed, multilevel Hell's Kitchen nightclub opened a little over a year ago. What ended up being built was far more controversial.

The Nashville star helps us break down the appeal of the beloved 2000 song by Wheatus, a truly strange cult hit that has stood the test of time.

Her new memoir "The Longest Race" tells the story of her evolution as a runner and as the whistleblower who eventually testified formally about doping in the Oregon Project — as she stayed clean — and about the abuse coach Alberto Salazar still denies.

Friedkin, who died Aug. 7, won an Oscar 1972 for The French Connection. "Some of the most interesting, fascinating people that I've ever known are on the other side of the law," he said in 1988.

Hillary Clinton's second run for the White House has gone much further than her first. But in the end, her biggest opponent of 2016 may be herself.

As a kid, Foster appeared in both the Disney film Freaky Friday and as a child prostitute in Taxi Driver. She later won an Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs. Originally broadcast June 17, 2002.

Duvall has starred in epic movies and intimate dramas. In 1996, he reflected on playing the Corleone family lawyer in The Godfather films, and about delivering the most famous line in Apocalypse Now.

Winters are warming faster than summers in many places, and colder parts of the U.S. are warming faster than hotter ones. The warming winter climate has year-round consequences across the country.

The players are women over 50. The oldest this year is 87. They took the field in South Africa for their "World Cup." One team was crowned the winner but all the players consider themselves champions.

China's expansion into European ports is part of its new Maritime Silk Road, which aims to better connect the country to global commercial hubs. But this is about more than just moving cargo.

Every year, we remember some of the writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and performers who died over the past year, and whose lifetime of creative work helped shape our world.

Discover a broad range of this year's most compelling classical recordings, including symphonic booty-shakers, mystic violin, pipe organ prog and a guided tour of 18th century German chart-toppers.

The World Cup isn't the only global soccer event of note. Check out the Grannies International Football Tournament.

People in poor countries often get little or no warning about floods, storms and other deadly weather. Local efforts are changing that, and saving lives.

The U.S. is designating Ecuador's two largest gangs — Los Choneros and Los Lobos — as foreign terrorist organizations.

Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986, died Friday.