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Web loggers are gathering in Las Vegas this weekend for the first-ever Kos Conference, named after the politically liberal Daily Kos Web site. It's likely the first time most of the bloggers and fans of the site have met in person, and many hope to turn their virtual reality into political action.

Prey, the new prequel to the 1987 blockbuster Predator streaming on Hulu, features a sophisticated soundtrack influenced both by Native cultures and video games

Parton didn't just co-write the novel, she also recorded a whole album to go with it. Run, Rose, Run is about an aspiring country singer trying to shake a dark past and make it big in music.

The two artists, best known for their bands Bon Iver and The National, say their new project isn't really a band but a large-scale collaboration involving dozens of musicians.

It's been 30 years since the Rwandan genocide. In some places today, survivors live side-by-side with perpetrators in so-called reconciliation villages.

James Elder is a spokesperson for UNICEF — the U.N. agency that provides humanitarian aid to children — and has been visiting the areas on the border of Sudan and Chad.

Despite anti-Muslim rhetoric and policies, President Trump appears to have gotten more support from American Muslims in the 2020 election than four years ago.

Onstage, Joplin oozed confidence, sexuality and exuberance, but biographer Holly George-Warren describes the singer as a bookworm who worked hard to create her "blues feelin' mama" musical persona.

Larry Ahern’s introduction to politics came on a trip to the state Capitol in 2009.He was in Tallahassee for the annual Catholic Days at the Capitol…

Starting Monday people will be able to take their masks off indoors, and they won't have to show a vaccine pass to enter public places. Many people are relieved, but not everyone.

Two Las Vegas-style casinos, greyhound tracks without dog racing and slot machines at two pari-mutuels outside South Florida are all on the table in a…

Hurricane Ian brought the deadliest destruction Florida has seen in years, and with it, likely billions of dollars in damages. Florida officials and property insurers are warning people left vulnerable after the storm to not become victims twice and fall prey to common scams.

Last June, NPR's Ari Shapiro spoke with three police officers about being Black in law enforcement. We revisit those officers to talk about the Chauvin verdict and what's next for police reform.

For many people, creating a chosen family is a necessity - a key to survival. And it can be especially important for queer people, who may be underhoused or rejected by their biological families.

Playwright/performer Anna Deavere Smith speaks to host Michele Norris about her one-woman show, Let Me Down Easy, now on stage in Washington, D.C.

More lower-alcohol, lower-calorie beers are being marketed as part of an active lifestyle, and are even being offered after long runs or sporting events. But scientists say to be wary.

After years of failed attempts at cleaning up the dead zones, the Chesapeake Bay, once a national disgrace, is teeming with wildlife again. But success is fragile, and it might be even more so now.

The University of South Florida and Tampa General Hospital are helping run clinical trials for a vaccine developed pharmaceutical company Novavax. But it’s hard to get people to take an experimental shot.

NPR's Neda Ulaby and Bob Mondello reflect on Susan Stamberg's lasting influence on arts reporting, sharing how her inventive use of sound, vivid writing, and curiosity taught generations of journalists to make listeners see what they could not watch.

The U.S. government says authoritarian regimes are threatening, coercing and even attempting to kidnap and murder citizens living in the U.S. It's called transnational repression, and the FBI says it's a growing problem.

Last spring a man bought an ancient Chinese ceramic cup, sold by Sotheby's Hong Kong. The price: $36 million. But because of currency rules, he paid with his American Express card.

Families paid tens of thousands of dollars for signs that a missing friend or relative was alive in Syria's vast prison system. But smuggled photos reveal many of those loved ones were already dead.

Police wonder if the roughly 4-pound metallic object might have come from a meteor shower made up of debris from Halley's Comet. Homeowners want an astrophysicist to take a closer look at the object.

Companies at the giant festival in Austin found something everyone attending could use more of: battery power. Yahoo hid chargers in planters, while Mophie sent around a St. Bernard with a charger.

Chances are you've seen Australian actress Toni Collette in more roles that you realize. Collette has starred in Muriel's Wedding, The Sixth Sense and Little Miss Sunshine and currently plays several roles on Showtime's United States of Tara.