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Arizona's spectacular wildflower season has a downside. All of that showy vegetation is now drying out and creating a wildfire hazard.

The U.S. Postal Service has put the late poet Maya Angelou's face and name, together with a choice quotation, on a special edition stamp. Trouble is, that quotation didn't start with her.

Deaf Americans are debating which sign should represent Joe Biden, who until now has been signed B-I-D-E-N. There's also chatter of picking a sign for Kamala Harris — a rarity for vice presidents.

The band helped create alt-country in the early '90s, but it's been 16 years since its principal members, Mark Olson and Gary Louris, recorded together. The two songwriters discuss breaking that streak on their new album, Mockingbird Time.

The legendary jazz pianist and composer is best known for his time in New York City, where he developed his eccentric musical genius. But 90 years ago today, Thelonious Monk was born in the Southern city of Rocky Mount, N.C.

Indonesia is home to the world's largest-ever volcanic eruption — Mount Tambora in 1815, killing 100,000 people. But the disaster is little remembered, primarily because of lack of media.

Why didn't more buildings fall during the magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck Japan this week?

Country music has been all over the pop charts this summer.

When Duke University sent Siobhan O'Dell, 17, a rejection letter, she turned the tables. In the end, she's headed for a school she doesn't have to reject, the University of South Carolina.

How are inmates supposed to transition to the world outside of prison? For one pre-release program at the Homestead Correctional Institution, the answer...

Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former U.S. Army Col. Christopher Kolenda about President Biden's decision to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11 of this year.

When the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus pulled up at Hialeah Gardens High School, many students didn’t know much about the famous late Beatle. Some...

Misha Smetana lives in Kyiv, and has stayed there throughout Russian attacks on Ukraine. He tells NPR's Scott Detrow what that's been like, and about the communities forming between people who stayed.

Jill Homer, Iditarod biker, shares the secret joys, fears and survival tips for cycling in serious snow. Hint: It helps to have the right brakes. Expect to go slowly. And watch out for moose tracks — those deep holes are just killer.

Gov. Ron DeSantis made a spectacle of arresting voters with felony convictions. Now, some eligible voters are opting out of midterms even beyond Florida.

This year was quite bad for most movie theaters — but not bad at all for movies. NPR discusses what 2020 was like for the movie industry.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Saad Mohseni, CEO of a media company in Afghanistan. His new book is called "Radio Free Afghanistan: A Twenty-Year Odyssey for an Independent Voice in Kabul."

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Mark Alexander, dean of Villanova University's law school, about the latest Democratic debate. He has prepped candidates, such as Barack Obama, for previous debates.

When President Bush names a successor to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, it will likely spark a contentious hearing at the Senate Judiciary Committee. Based on previous appellate judge battles, Democrats are preparing questions for O'Connor's successor.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Yalidy Matos, assistant professor of at Rutgers University, who specializes in Latinx politics, about President Biden's State of the Union address.

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, the state’s top elected Democrat, and a handful of Democratic presidential candidates spent time Friday on Twitter…

Desmond Meade voted for in his first presidential election ever on Saturday.

The House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee late last week unanimously approved a bill (HB 89), filed by Rep. Jose Felix Diaz, R-Miami, that would...

Citing his experience at many levels of education and his work on new, national Common Core standards, the State Board of Education unanimously chose Tony…

The public is invited to share ideas and suggestions about the future of the St. Petersburg Municipal Marina Master Plan next Tuesday.The Marina plans to…