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Actor Tommy Lee Jones also directs The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. It's the story of a man killed in Texas and a friend -- played by Jones -- who fulfills his wish to be buried in Mexico. Jones describes it a "journey" movie.

A vacation in Europe might include visiting a medieval castle. In a forest in Burgundy, France, you can actually step into the past to discover the secrets of building one.

Watch the 19-time Grammy winner return to his lifelong passion for J.S. Bach, playing music from the Cello Suites and offering advice on the art of incremental learning.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with activist Frank Nitty about Friday's March on Washington and the activist's 25-day walk from Milwaukee to get there.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bette Midler about her children's book, The Tale of the Mandarin Duck.

A new book collects the stories of ordinary Americans who were involved in -- and transformed by -- the country's civil rights movements. NPR's Juan Williams, who compiled the oral histories, discusses them with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The R&B star got his first big break less than two years ago with a feature on the Drake hit "Chicago Freestyle." Since then, he's released hit after hit.

Laura Snapes, music editor for The Guardian, reviews Sawayama's "Hold the Girl."

Disney's Hocus Pocus came out in 1993 and gained a devoted fanbase. Almost 30 years later, it has a sequel.

The news out of Greece has been terrible. But with a large new exhibition of ancient artifacts at Washington, D.C.'s National Geographic Museum, the Greek government is trying an image reboot.

The parents of a young boy made a terrible discovery while looking through photographs they had taken of him as a baby. They noticed a white dot where a black pupil should have been.

Fifty albums for a heavier-than-average year, selected by NPR Music's staff and member station partners. These are the albums we held close in 2014 and the ones we want to share.

It’s not the kind of legislation firearm safety groups want to see.

Florida's top Republican legislative leaders said Wednesday that they finally reached a deal on a new budget that should clear the way for them to end…

The number of U.S. coronavirus cases grows at record speed. President-elect Joe Biden chooses his chief of staff Ron Klain. And, every ballot cast in Georgia will be recounted by hand.

Across the U.S., COVID-19 vaccination has been slow and uneven. In some states, vaccination appointments are readily available, while in others it's a confusing process often characterized by luck.

Do you want to vigorously dab, protest, Goth dance, or shoot a Ki blast cannon (a Dragon Ball Z attack) at Hurricane Irma to shoo it away? How about...

A man who helped flood Washington, D.C., with drugs in the 1980s wants to reduce his sentence using guidelines that help drug offenders secure early release. A federal judge doesn't seem convinced.

A school board in a Boise suburb banned books and state lawmakers cut state library funding — so a local bookstore raised money to buy banned books to distribute for free.

Feeding lettuce to manatees might be necessary again next winter because of the dwindling amount of seagrass in the lagoon.

With the rate of children coming into Florida's foster-care system slowly increasing, state lawmakers are studying how to improve the options of where...

Bloomberg journalist Katrina Manson discusses the Pentagon's secretive campaign to build America's AI warfare capabilities and the obsessive Marine colonel behind it. Her new book is Project Maven.

As the Taliban government steps up its coal exports to resuscitate a shattered economy, miners are working harder than ever. In Afghanistan, it's often kids who do some of the most grueling work.

Sure, hand sanitizer and spray disinfectant are among the most popular items sought out by panicked shoppers. But they're also buying a lot more oat milk and canned goods, according to Nielsen.

LinkedIn co-founder and chairman Reid Hoffman shares his secrets for career advancement — namely, managing a career as though it's a startup business — in his new book, The Start-up of You.