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If you think it's cold outside, consider whether your dog shares your shivers. This time of year, many dog owners put coats and other rugged outwear on their pets before heading outdoors.

The Dark Knight is the most successful film of the summer. Director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale can take much of the credit: They've revived a flagging franchise, offering a fresher, darker look at a legend.

Health-insurance policies would be required to provide coverage for FDA-approved contraceptive drugs without imposing deductibles, coinsurance or co...

Karen Holbrook may have been new to the job when she became regional chancellor of the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee last December, but she…

Like birthdays, every graduation ceremony is special for the people celebrating. But today's commencement ceremonies at USF will be extra special, as…

Three Floridians are looking at stretches in prison after pleading guilty to a conspiracy to acquire and distribute the illegal synthetic drug known as ...

Hurricane Irma's official death toll in Florida stood at 50 as of Monday morning but could hit at least 75.Two weeks after the powerful storm made a pair…

A rug containing a misprint that has gotten the attention of news outlets worldwide is on the auction block.A couple of months ago, the Pinellas County…

The team announced 3,800 fans will be permitted into Amalie Arena starting with its March 13 game against the Nashville Predstors

British scientist Francis Crick, along with American biologist James Watson, made history with their 1953 discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.

Michael Tilson Thomas, a superstar in the classical music world, evokes the legacy of his grandparents in a new show. Bessie and Boris Thomashefsky were legends of Yiddish Theater.

Playwright Edward Albee tells NPR's Susan Stamberg that Irish playwright Samuel Beckett created two scenes that make Albee a bit jealous: one in Happy Days and another in Krapp's Last Tape.

The 1951 film version of the Offenbach opera The Tales of Hoffmann, now on DVD, is recognized as a masterpiece of darkly fantastical storytelling from the British team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

Scientists have finally deciphered the chromosome that determines maleness in humans. There's no gene to explain why men insist on changing the TV channel all the time, but other secrets of the Y chromosome are revealed in new two studies. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Warner Home Video has released all six Thin Man films from the 1930s and '40s in a boxed set of DVDs. Scott Simon talks with Christopher Orr, a contributing editor at The New Republic, about the movies.

Jack and Meg White are the singer-drummer duo who make up the White Stripes. Their fifth CD, Get Behind Me Satan, is being hailed as an extension of the raw, energetic sound of their earliest work.

A British street artist known as Moose creates graffiti by cleaning dirt from sidewalks and tunnels -- sometimes for money when the images are used as advertising. But some authorities call it vandalism.

Long after reality shows seemingly hit their peak, Dancing with the Stars captivated millions of viewers, as celebrities transformed into ballroom dancers. Scott Simon went to New York to get some tango lessons from the show's contestants.

The soul singer, who just released his debut album, unearths the roots of his retro sound as this week's All Songs Considered Guest DJ.

The bitter suffering and voluptuous lyricism of Bach's St. Matthew Passion are channeled with empathy by a popular piano duo.

This clever medley superimposes one of Duke Ellington's sacred works over a Led Zeppelin classic.

When the parents went to the donation center, they asked for embryos that had been waiting the longest. Experts say embryos can be frozen almost indefinitely — as long as they're stored correctly.

The brown suede Birkenstock Arizonas were worn by Jobs in the 1970s and 1980s during "many pivotal moments in Apple's history," the auction house says. The winner did not want their name disclosed.

Singer-songwriter Paul Simon, recipient of the first Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, began his career in 1964 as half of the '60s folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, delivering classics like "The Sound of Silence" and "Mrs. Robinson." He went on to a successful solo career, wrote film soundtracks and Broadway shows, and has even done some acting. This interview first aired on Dec. 11, 2000.

Patti Smith's memoir Just Kids, just nominated for a National Book Award, describes her path of artistic self discovery and her relationship with the provocative photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe.