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Belgian photographer Harry Gruyaert has spent his career traveling the world and capturing slices of life. His book Edges captures humanity's attraction to the water, spanning 44 years.

The Roots drummer, DJ and cookbook author isn't letting a pandemic slow him down — he's still performing on The Tonight Show, and now he's hosting a virtual potluck dinner party on the Food Network.

Republicans say they’re just trying to give colleges and universities more options when it comes to finding an accrediting agency; but others see something far more insidious: an effort to break the influence of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, which has repeatedly snubbed efforts by state politicians to influence the outcomes of major decisions.

The red-cockaded woodpecker is being shifted from endangered status to threatened, but it would keep several protections afforded to endangered species under a new proposal.

Two of America's oldest black fraternities will celebrate 100 years of brotherhood and civic action this month. Host Michel Martin discusses the relevance and history of these groups with Dwayne Murray, polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi, and Lawrence Ross, author of The Divine Nine: The History of African-American Fraternities and Sororities.

Neda Ulaby reports that for all that comedy has faced since Sept. 11, reports that irony would fizzle out turned out to be greatly exaggerated. Comedy, like anything else, adapts.

David Edelstein says Sicko is Michael Moore's best film yet, Ratatouille towers like an Eiffel among animated comedies and the latest Die Hard doesn't make you want to — quite.

This year's Emmy nominations for Best Series include for the first time two shows on basic cable: AMC's Mad Men and Damages on FX. Matt Weiner, creator and executive producer of Mad Men, says basic cable's relatively small audience allows some "really cool shows to get made."

The mayor called the situation "the most serious emergency our city has ever faced." Police are ramping up enforcement as the standoff continues.

President Biden said he's been told that voters don't want him to be the "President Senator." But in filling a vacancy on the Supreme Court, he's going out of his way to court old colleagues.

Dreamgirls writer and director Bill Condon talks about making the movie. Condon also tells Farai Chideya about his choice to fill the role Jennifer Holiday played on Broadway.

French President Macron is engaged in an intense round of shuttle diplomacy aimed at warding off a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, holding separate meeting with the leaders of both countries.

Actor, writer and director Christopher Guest's mockumentary For Your Consideration takes a look at some of Tinsel Town's darker elements, all in the name of comedy.

Matthew Diffee contributes regularly to the cartoonists' bible, The New Yorker. But that magazine gets more than 500 submissions a week — and publishes only 20 cartoons in each issue. Diffee's new book, featuring his work and that of other New Yorker regulars, is The Rejection Collection, Vol. 2: The Cream of the Crap.

Todd Haynes' quasi-biopic assigns six Dylanesque personae to his cast; some do outright imitations, while others offer symbolic takes. Meanwhile the director cycles through his own stylistic personae.

Kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen makes marvelous wind-powered art — dinosaur-like Strandbeests that wander the beaches of his native Netherlands.

African-American playwright Lynne Nottage is the author of several works, including Crumbs from the Table of Joy. Nottage has just been named a recipient of the MacArthur Genius Award. The Brooklyn-based artist talks about her work and what the award means for her future in the performing arts.

The comments on the FDLE background check come as Dr. Joseph Ladapo is scheduled Tuesday to go before the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee, his second confirmation hearing.

Pinellas County Schools removed "Gender Queer: A Memoir" from general circulation at two of its schools, saying the graphic novel was not age appropriate for all high school students.

OutKast's Antwan "Big Boi" Patton is working on an unusual collaboration with the Atlanta Ballet. Initially, some patrons were freaked out by the idea of mixing hip hop and their sacred dance form. Through the rehearsal process, however, the project is gathering fans.

Beijing Olympic officials said the COVID-19 situation within the closed-loop bubble of the Games is tightly managed now. They may add more spectators to venues as the competitions continue.

Historic buildings in the Islamic world are often covered with breathtakingly intricate geometric designs. Both artists and mathematicians have long puzzled over them, wondering how the patterns were created. A new study suggests the artisans worked from templates that drew upon advanced math principles.

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are the directing partners behind the Oscar-nominated dark comedy Little Miss Sunshine. But their favorite DVDs tend to be documentaries, including one about pet cemeteries.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Ottawa City Councillor Matthew Luloff about what the Canadian capital is doing to try to end the massive protests over COVID-19 mandates and other pandemic rules.

Pianist Barry Douglas is working with the Rediscover Northern Ireland project, which seeks to raise awareness about revitalized cities and culture. He's the founder of the Camerata Ireland orchestra.