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The Formula 1 World Championship racing season begins this weekend. It's the most expensive, technically advanced version of auto racing, and both Ford and General Motors will be making history.

Melanie Lynskey is up for an Emmy for her leading role in the Showtime series about a girls' soccer team who go down in a plane crash in 1996, and have to survive in the wilderness for over a year.

The survey also shows Byron Donalds leading David Jolly by 5 points, 46%-41%, in the race for Florida governor.

In her memoir, In Pieces, actress Sally Field remembers her relationship with actor Burt Reynolds. She writes that the relationship was controlling and emotionally abusive.

Bernie Sanders is an improbable politician. Independent, occasionally irascible, he came from the far left and an urban background to win elections in one of the most rural states in the country.

With two of her chefs out sick, Edward Peake Middle School's kitchen manager, Tina Clarke, decided to call in to a radio program to ask celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay for help.

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein failed to show up in an Iraqi court Wednesday after declaring the day before that his trial on charges of orchestrating the killings of 140 Shiite villagers in 1982 was unjust. The trial is now in recess until December 21. Madeleine Brand discusses the latest developments with New York University law professor Noah Feldman, author of What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation Building. Feldman says Saddam is making a mockery of the court and effectively derailing the trial.

Abao sings in the Paiwan language — not Chinese, which dominates Taiwan's pop music industry. Her popularity reflects the island's overdue recognition and awareness of Indigenous culture.

Pope Francis was a master of making emotional connections. He was, at heart, a pastor to wounded souls. Here are some of the most memorable moments of Pope Francis' papacy.

In Houston, Aga's Indian-Pakistani restaurant serves around 4,000 meals a day and according to Uber Eats, it has the most takeout orders in the world on the their platform.

At a time when every news alert seems to deliver a seismic jolt about the world, these ads mostly touch on safe subjects we expect in Big Game commercials: Nostalgia. Comedy. Celebrities. Patriotism. Poignant humanism.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson about the city's plans to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to residents, especially underserved and vulnerable communities.

The Obama administration is proposing an ambitious overhaul of the health care system. White House Budget Director Peter Orszag says the transformation of the $2 trillion sector is unlikely to occur without some jostling or concerns being raised.

Kevin Young's new book of poetry, Brown, is colored by memories from his family and childhood, U.S. history and black culture.

NPR member station reporters across the U.S. asked people how they are thinking about their country on its semiquincentennial.

Much of Houston is under water after Hurricane Harvey came ashore. The city spent much of the weekend rescuing people. And, Uber has picked a new CEO after co-founder Travis Kalanick resigned.

The NPR Music editor and All Songs Considered contributor shares her favorite albums of the year, including one that feels like a survival guide to the apocalypse.

Federal workers from across the country tell of how the partial government shutdown is affecting them. The shutdown is in its 21st day, and is tied for the longest shutdown in history.

The latest episode of NPR's Podcast Invisibilia examines the history of empathy in American culture. In this era of political polarization, empathy has fallen out of fashion.

David Greene talks to Associated Press reporter Cara Anna, who tells the story of a man who is trying to help recovery efforts in Mozambique after last month's cyclone.

Florida House Democrats want Attorney General James Uthmeier impeached over the Hope Florida controversy. But what would it actually take to remove him from office? Republicans aren't likely to go for it.

On the fringes of Israel's far right, some activists and political leaders dream of a Greater Israel, extending the country's area of control into neighboring countries.

Evening Masterwork: Antonin Dvorak's Violin Concerto in a-minor for January 3, 2023

The slightly above-average hurricane season had "a lot of odd attributes," according to a Miami researcher.

Johansen, who went on to perform under the persona of the lounge singer Buster Poindexter, is the subject of a new Showtime documentary co-directed by Martin Scorsese. Originally broadcast in 2004.