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Personal rapid transit was supposed to be the future of public transport: lightweight pods on elevated tracks, on-demand destinations. But funding issues make cities reluctant to change course.

One man in upstate New York sawed his AR-15 rifle into pieces and posted a video of it on Facebook. A woman in Connecticut did the same with her handgun...

A disruption to the polar vortex can make for interesting weather. NPR's Aisla Chang talks to Michael Ventrice, a meteorological scientist at IBM, explains what's behind the bizarre winter weather.

In 1938, Glenn Kurtz's grandfather went on vacation and filmed a few minutes of footage of his Polish hometown. Seventy years later, his grandson set out to find the people who appeared in that film.

Rainfall totals of 4-8 inches are possible along the Nature Coast to near Gainesville and to areas just north of the Interstate 4 corridor.

The Natural World of Winnie the Pooh is a new book about Ashdown Forest, the place that inspired A.A. Milne to create his classic children's tales. NPR's Ari Shapiro visits with author Kathryn Aalto.

Born in Cuba in the late 1800s, danzón had couples gliding in a kind of formal square dance a century later.

Author Marisha Pessl turned to technology to enrich readers' experience of her new thriller, Night Film — creating found-footage YouTube films, screen shots of hidden websites, and an app that readers can use to access additional content after scanning an illustration in the book.

40 rising musicians will work with 20 faculty members for a two-week festival of training and concerts

Not long after Sherry Poulin married her husband Louis last year, the newlyweds sat in their kitchen with health insurance information laid out in...

A national competition in Oklahoma draws hundreds of teenagers so they can show off their skill judging soil — something that's important for growing crops, building houses and land management.

Dr. Vivek Murthy, co-chair of President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus advisory board, says past lockdowns functioned like a "blunt axe" that led to spotty compliance and "little public health gain."

China's rover will explore an area of Mars known as Utopia Planitia. An American rover and tiny helicopter are also currently on the planet. They arrived in February.

New reporting on Facebook's internal research into the risks of Instagram to teens is fueling pressure from Washington.

Meyers has satirized issues in the news ever since he became an anchor on SNL's "Weekend Update" segment in 2006. Now he has a new children's book about fear — and how we acknowledge or ignore it.

It's the nation's semiquincentennial! July 4, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Here's how the United States of America is planning to party.

Considered one of the premier industrial designers of the 20th century, 98-year-old Eva Zeisel still designs porcelain in her New York apartment. This month, Crate & Barrel reissued tableware from her 1952 collections.

Caroline Kennedy's new Christmas anthology opens with her 1962 letter to Santa. In it, she wished for skates, dolls and a "pet reindeer" for herself and "some noisy thing" for her brother John. But a family tradition shunned toys for oranges and walnuts.

Carl Sandburg received one of his two Pulitzer Prizes for a 1950 compilation of his poems. A new collection focuses on the Midwestern poet's early works, what the editor calls Sandburg's "great period."

Community and food are the central topics of Bonny Wolf's new book, a collection of essays called Talking with My Mouth Full. Wolf shares her thoughts on the recent shift in U.S. attitudes toward food.

In her new memoir, Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts describes her "somethings" — being diagnosed with breast cancer and a rare blood disorder.

Hybrids, which are much more fuel-efficient than conventional vehicles, were the first eco-friendly mass-market vehicles. But are they environmentally friendly today? That's a hotly debated question.

How do you begin to think of a dish that will wow judges' hearts and stomachs? If you're Ellie Mathews, winner of a $1 million prize in the Pillsbury Bake-Off, "it involves a fair amount of experimentation."

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, which sets prison terms of up to 30 years, has been more than a century in the making.

Nearly 3 million Floridians receive SNAP benefits. But access is set to pause on Saturday.