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Ariel Lawhon's new novel is a biography of both Russia's Grand Duchess Anastasia and Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to be Anastasia after the royal family was executed during the Revolution.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Barbara Slavin of the Stimson Center, an international relations think-tank in Washington, D.C., about where the deal leaves relations between the U.S. and Iran.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with award-winning director Steve McQueen about his latest project, a set of five stand-alone movies exploring life in the West Indian communities of Britain.

A federal program that pays airlines to operate in small and rural communities could have its budget cut in half, leaving parts of the country with no flight options.

The Colorado U.S. Senate Democratic primary is Tuesday's marquee contest. Also notable: Former Gov. Jon Huntsman is looking to make a comeback in Utah.

A ruling by London's High Court cited the domestic intelligence agency's failure to explain why representatives had repeatedly misled U.K. courts about an informant accused of violence against women.

This week on Florida Matters we discuss the key races in the upcoming general election and the power wielded by voters in the Interstate 4 corridor.The…

Five people suffered non-life-threatening injuries when gunmen opened fire near the site of a Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis Monday night. Two suspects have been arrested. The protestors are upset over last week's fatal police shooting of Jamar Clark — amid rumors that he was handcuffed at the time, an assertion that the police union denies.

Most readers spend a lot of time happily immersed in words. But for a change of pace, these gorgeous art books provide hours of blissful visual diversion.

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Voters under 30 generally vote at much lower rates than older Americans. In Las Vegas, less than 5 percent voted in the 2014 midterms. That can mean their priorities are overlooked by campaigns.

There are about 137 million jobs in America. Here's how they break down — and how the picture has changed over the past few years.

In their seven-year love affair with Interstate 95, Stan Posner and Sandra Phillips-Posner have found the best Polish sausage, Berger cookies and a battleship you can spend the night on.

The author of Forgotten Country went from crunching numbers to writing, though she says words were always her first love. Her novel explores the tenuous lines between freedom and selfishness.

The vice president, who chairs the White House coronavirus task force, is the most high-profile U.S. official so far to receive the vaccine.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his budget on Tuesday, December 5 for the new fiscal year, with $15.1 billion dollars going to the state’s public schools.

Takagishi, vice president of Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, discusses President Trump's recent order on MMR vaccines and what happens when rates dips below herd immunity.

Book reviewer Alan Cheuse picks five exciting summer reads, ranging from short stories of grim Irish mayhem to a North Carolina lynching and a corpse in an iceberg, to Southern California cocaine capers and a pure-trash adventure starring U.S. special forces and a world-threatening comet.

Consumer prices are climbing at the fastest pace in nearly 13 years as the U.S. recovers from the pandemic recession. Prices rose 5% in May. Authorities say this inflation spike will be temporary.

Jay Jackson plays the hilariously odd newscaster on NBC's Parks and Recreation. But before he was a fake anchor, Jackson spent 22 years as a real TV reporter — and he became an actor by accident.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Americana artist Lucinda Williams about her new album Good Souls Better Angels and the spirit of protest that she says has "always been in my blood."

Discovered at an Ikea in Burbank, Calif., he was a Hollywood actor by the time he was 5. But it was his performance as Cole Sear in The Sixth Sense that propelled a career that's lasted over 20 years.

As one of the most-performed living composers, the Pulitzer winner insists that her music communicate to everyone — from farmers to children to the classical music intelligentsia.

"Why shouldn't we dream about winning the World Cup?" Morocco's coach Walid Regragui said after beating Portugal. He says his team is the "Rocky" of Qatar.