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A convicted murderer serving multiple life sentences is awaiting execution in Arizona. He argued that the state's clemency board is illegal because three members previously worked in law enforcement.

Washington, D.C., teens get into the spirit of historical figures and tell visitors what the portraits miss. In one instance, a student imagines a private talk between Richard Nixon and his wife.

After the fatal crash over the Potomac River, President Trump blamed diversity hiring. But that's not how disability hiring works.

Ancestry.com has released a new free database of tens of thousands of old newspaper records about formerly enslaved people. The company hopes it will help fill historical gaps for Black Americans.

Young military medics in Ukraine talk about their experience and life under the Russian siege.

The decision to leave Tampa Bay wasn’t easy after Evans and his family built strong relationships with the community over 12 seasons. Once past that, he says, picking a new spot was far easier.

February's sampler includes new music from Courtney Barnett, MDNGHT, Matthew E. White and more.

David Lipsky says that his favorite comic, Runaways, is both a brilliant reading experience — and an embarrassment festival. The tiny digests by Brian K. Vaughan have been a fount of guilt, awkwardness and grave personal doubts, but he still pulls them out on the subway, because they are just that good.

NPR's Howard Berkes talks with Flagstaff author Brad Dimock about Glen and Bessie Hyde. The newlywed couple disappeared on a Colorado River trip through the Grand Canyon in the late 1920's. Some people say Bessie killed Glen, and others claim to have met her decades later on the river. Dimock and his new bride built a boat similar to the Hyde's and took the same trip down the Colorado.

Sedaris' Theft by Finding is a collection of excerpts from those diaries. In it, he revisits major turning points, like how he met his longtime boyfriend and his decision to stop drinking.

Milton has reached 175 mph maximum sustained winds as it nears the northern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula.

Wednesday was reporting day for the presidential campaigns. The candidates and the superPACs supporting them turned over details about how they raised their money last month. But don't expect much information about some of the biggest players in the race — social welfare organizations don't have to report where they get their money.

By Steve NewbornIn 1995, a heat wave killed more than 700 people in Chicago. It affected mostly elderly, African-American women who lived on their own.A…

In recent days, federal immigration agents fatally shot two immigrant fathers. None of the federal officers involved were wearing body cameras, the agency said.

A former Venezuelan political prisoner got the idea to create a virtual reality tour from the Anne Frank museum.

It was only a matter of a few minutes — but the rules are the rules, and organizers say Malaysia's star shot putter Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli broke them.

For nearly two centuries, Charles Dickens' colorful characters and memorable expressions have worked their way into the vernacular. The prolific 19th-century English novelist left behind 989 named characters and two dozen novels full of the pathos and comedy of London's rich and poor.

After moving away, Ask Amy columnist Amy Dickinson returned to her hometown of Freeville, N.Y. There, she married a man she first met at age 12, and cared for her mother in her final days.

The Writers Guild of America is preparing to go on strike for the first time in 16 years. Writers are demanding better pay for TV shows that appear on the biggest streaming platforms.

How President Trump wants to use disaster relief funds as political leverage. And, why he says DEI programs are illegal and wants to end investigations into military extremism.

After indicating he would vote in favor of abortion rights in Florida, telling NBC News, "I'm going to be voting that we need more than six weeks," Trump clarifies on Fox News: "I'll be voting no."

It's been 40 years since the first U.S. AIDS cases were were reported, and some who experienced the early years of the crisis say the effects of denialism then have carried into the COVID-19 pandemic.

Faulty DNA tests being used in criminal cases in Texas could impact more than 1,000 cases. Under some circumstances, these tests were incorrectly coming back as insufficient DNA to test.

Outgoing climate envoy John Kerry talks about leaving the job, how another Donald Trump presidency could impact the fight against climate change, and how he remains hopeful.

In one month, the child poverty rate increased from 12.1 to 17 percent, the highest rate seen since Dec. 2020. Black and Latino children experienced an even higher rate of poverty.