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Morning Edition welcomes a new host to its ranks Monday morning: A Martinez. NPR's Noel King asks him some get-to-know-you questions.

In which a reporter and an editor get into a heated argument over Santa's classification, and it ends up on the radio.

The month of alcohol abstinence known as "dry January" can have beneficial effects on participants months after completing the challenge.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican representing Mississippi, about the presidential election.

Reggaeton superstar Daddy Yankee has announced his retirement from music at the age of 45. But it's unclear whether that means he'll never perform or release music again.

The 'Saturday Night Live' cast member and 'Schmigadoon!' star performs in "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe," a one-woman show made famous by Lily Tomlin.

The Senate Judiciary committee voted 13-6 Tuesday to approve Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court. All the Democrats on the committee voted for her along with one Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Tatiana Washington, a gun violence prevention advocate, and Javier Quiroz Castro, a DACA recipient and COVID-19 unit nurse, about progress during Biden's first year.

Prokoviev's tale about a young man who captures a wolf is a children's holiday classic. But how to handle stories like this one at a time when capturing a wolf by its tail, parading it in triumph through the city, and then locking it up in the local zoo isn't likely to be seen as an act of clemency by audiences?

A city planner credits the pandemic with the public’s newfound interest in public art.

Former South Africa President Thabo Mbeki continues his conversation with Michel Martin to discuss the 2010 FIFA World Cup Games in South Africa and his legacy.

The author discusses her collection, The Woman I Kept to Myself, in which she explores the many facets of her identity, from the girl who reads poetry to herself at night to the seasoned professor.

In 2022, hundreds of people on horseback pushed 500 head of cattle through 80 contiguous miles of Florida. A new book tells the story of the reenactment and the people who keep the cattle culture alive.

A day-by-day and hour-by-hour look at the events surrounding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., on July 13.

A group of athletes - including one who played for the Lightning - traveled to Jamaica to try psychedelics as a way to help cope with the aftereffects of concussions and a career of body-pounding injuries. Will this still largely untested treatment work?

Former President Trump stands to make over $3 billion as the company behind his social media platform Truth Social — Trump Media & Technology Group — can now be traded publicly.

After a year away, an NPR reporter returns to Lebanon to find a country racked by inflation, degraded services and the pandemic and still picking up the pieces from August's explosion in Beirut.

Dan Gebhart and Jordan Anderson are mushroom foraging friends in California that came across $4,000 worth of chanterelles — a highly coveted wild mushroom.

In an effort to change the conversation following its CEO getting caught at a Coldplay concert with the head of HR, Astronomer hired actress Gwyneth Paltrow to make an ad. Was it a successful PR move?

When a friend's loved one has died, it can be hard to know how to support them. NPR's Life Kit has tips for caring for a grieving friend.

Willem Dafoe's desire to challenge himself has made the 71-year-old very productive. He's in five films being released in the second half of this year. That includes his most recent film, Late Fame.

Author grew up in San Franciso's Chinatown surrounded by elderly men who were prevented from having families due to America's Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

Florida has an estimated 142,000 women veterans and many likely had their eyes on the Pentagon this week.First, there was the deadline for the services to…

The Securities and Exchange Commission approves new rules to assure that accounting firms maintain independence from companies they audit. The rules stem from legislation Congress passed last summer in the wake of accounting scandals at companies such as Enron and WorldCom. Critics say the new regulations aren't as strict as they should be. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

Jaden Piner started acting because his grandma made him do it. She was preaching at church one Sunday and needed a visual element for her sermon. She...