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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with actress, writer and entrepreneur Brooke Shields about her effort to embrace aging and how she's trying to help other women do the same.

The former boxing champ won world titles in five weight divisions and received a gold medal at the 1976 Olympics. In his new autobiography, The Big Fight, Leonard details the obstacles he battled — including sexual abuse and addictions — during his career.

"The Borscht Belt: Revisiting the Remains of America’s Jewish Vacationland" is on view at the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg through May 31.

House Republicans are trying to pass a massive bill full of President Trump's top agenda items by the end of next week. But a new set of hurdles awaits in the Senate.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks conservative pundit Charlie Sykes about the state of the presidential race and where he thinks it is headed.

Houston, who died Oct. 7, started out on the gospel circuit as a child, sang backup for Aretha Franklin and later guided her daughter, Whitney, to superstardom. Originally broadcast in 1998.

After Category 4 Hurricane Ian pushed a wall of water onto Southwest Florida, some residents remain optimistic while others plan to leave the state.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to co-founder of Black Voters Matter, LaTosha Brown, about political organizing efforts in Georgia ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Dr. Carlos del Rio of Emory University about the cases of measles in the country and what Americans should know about the disease.

On Thursday morning, Mike Mills said that it would take "a comet" for R.E.M. to get back together. But on Thursday night, R.E.M. got back together to perform the band's unexpected 1991 hit at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

The southern Indian city of Chennai is known for its high achievers. In recent years, it has produced some of the world's most formidable chess players — and the youngest world champion.

A burn pit law from Congress left out thousands of American civilians working for the government who were exposed to the same toxins. Now there's an effort to change that.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with actor Brooke Shields about embracing aging.

A former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice runs a legal nonprofit, Redemption Earned, that helps aging and sick inmates win release from prison. Last year, 10% of Alabama prisoners received parole.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Bruce Aylward, senior adviser at the World Health Organization, about the latest push by nations to get more COVID-19 vaccines to countries in need.

Ahead of President Biden's State of the Union address, NPR's Ari Shapiro previews the State of the Union address with NPR reporters and correspondents.

Lothar Weimann, 68, protested that he felt fine, failing to recognize the life-and-death stakes he was experiencing. His 7-year-old German Shepherd knew differently and alerted a neighbor.

Over the last decade, more companies have adopted endless leave policies that allow employees to take as much vacation time as they want.

Prosecutors said the former president should not enjoy blanket immunity from criminal prosecution in the federal election interference case against him.

Relief food supplies begin to arrive in the West African nation of Niger, months after calls for help first went out. The United Nations says it will feed 2.5 million people, but food shortages are grave throughout the Sahara desert region.

UNESCO, the United Nations body that designates and protects World Heritage sites, says it will continue to monitor the famed Italian city's issues, including climate change and over-tourism.

At one point a child welfare official threatened to take custody of the kids and families refused to let them go. "I told them I couldn't, that I wouldn't let my kid go," one woman said.

On the 300th anniversary of his birth, hear how music by Johann Sebastian's son Carl Philipp Emanuel bridged the gap between the old-fashioned Baroque and newfangled music by Haydn and Mozart.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has responded to a news report about his failure to disclose lavish trips paid for by a conservative billionaire — trips with a value in the millions of dollars.

The rapper previously known as Kanye West made a series of antisemitic comments, declaring "I love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis." Ye was on the show alongside white-nationalist Nick Fuentes.