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Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador to lobby for the release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, whose deportation has gripped the U.S. He isn't the only lawmaker with such a trip in mind.

For World Opera Day, watch scenes that will make you fall in love with the art form — from a crazy day at Mozart's diner to a trippy trip to China with Richard Nixon.

Fulfillingness’ First Finale won the Grammy for Best Album in 1975, yet today it feels underrated — perhaps because its overall tone was more meditative than the albums immediately preceding it.

The earthquake struck the island late Tuesday night and aftershocks continue to shake up the city of Hualien. Meanwhile, rescue workers strive to save people from collapsed buildings.

After two weeks of wavering on guidelines that put normal American life on hold, President Trump extended until April 30 measures aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.

Faced with a “prove-it” year to state lawmakers, the board of Florida’s tourism-marketing arm on Wednesday approved a 30 percent payroll cut. A...

Mark Sforzini es el director artístico y ejecutivo de la Ópera de St. Petersburg y, anteriormente, se desempeñó como fagotista principal de la Orquesta de Florida durante 15 años. Sforzini conversó con Susan Giles Wantuck, de Classical WSMR, el pasado noviembre para la serie ocasional "Meet Your Musical Neighbor" (Conozca a su vecino musical).

When you think of innovative universities - the ones that create new technology or make ground-breaking discoveries - you probably think of Duke,…

After a day of royal pomp, President Trump's visit to the United Kingdom wraps up Thursday with a business reception and a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Community members from Severn, Md., have been fuming after a local resident began displaying his rifle near a school bus stop in protest of gun control legislation. Police say he's broken no laws.

Noah speaks with NPR's David Welna in Port au Prince about the peaceful transfer of power today in Haiti as President Jean Bertrand Aristide steps down and Rene Preval (ren-NAY PRAY-VAL) takes office. Preval will have to deal with Haiti's economic woes, as well as a potentially unstable security situation when U.N. peacekeeping forces leave the island, possibly as early as the end of this month. Welna says Preval also will have to contend with Aristide, whom many Haitians regard as the once and future president.

Civil rights icon, U.S. Rep. (D-GA) John Lewis joined former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for several "get out the vote" events in St. Petersburg…

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Washington Post reporter Tom Jackman about the discovery of new documents showing that Backpage.com, a website with classified ads, controls sex-related ads on its site. The company has claimed it does not control the ads people post.

Two I-275 ramps will be closed for the next few months at the 54th Avenue N interchange in St. Petersburg, starting the evening of April 9.

Under the health law, pediatric dental coverage is one of 10 core health benefits that must be offered to people who shop for plans on the health insurance marketplaces. But the plans are only required to cover only medically necessary orthodontia.

For San Francisco motorists, four dollars for a gallon of unleaded self-service regular is about to become the norm.

Massachusetts and New York are among the states agreeing to end the fight to halt a controversial Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan. The deal shelters members of the Sackler family from opioid lawsuits.

Brazil used to ban girls from playing the game. The law is now off the books, but that doesn't mean it's easy for girls to play 'the beautiful game.'

NPR's Ina Jaffe visits a treatment center in southern California where survivors of traumatic head injury relearn some of the basics of day-to-day living. Improvements in surgery and emergency medical care have saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of brain-injured people, but at the same time created a need for a special kind of "rehabilitation of the mind."

The song helped his friend process the grief the followed Holland's death from COVID-19 complications.

This weekend, Mary Louise Kelly continues a family tradition — running the Peachtree Road Race. It won't be in person, but it will bring her a chance to run with her father's spirit in her heart.

Former Los Angeles prosecutor Marcia Clark debuts as a mystery writer, and Julian Barnes returns with stories of love. Robert Putnam and David Campbell look at American religion, Ron Rosenbaum warns of the potential for nuclear war, and Bing West evaluates military failures in Afghanistan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_q6mpl8CnE&feature=youtu.beThe number of tourists flocking to Florida has grown to a record number. And it's a big…

Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to tour a Minnesota abortion clinic during a trip to the Twin Cities on Thursday. It's believed to be a first for a vice president or president.

Officials said Friday that 46 states and Washington, D.C., have announced plans to expand eligibility to all adults by President Biden's May 1 deadline, with many set to do so in the coming weeks.