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Imelda Staunton was the third actress to portray Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown, which is ending its six-season run.

Michigan clawed its way to victory Monday, defeating UConn and securing the school's second NCAA men's basketball title. NPR's A Martinez talks to Martenzie Johnson of ESPN and Andscape about the win.

Brash, disheveled and brutally honest, Harriet the Spy sees too much, says too much and never quite fits in — which is precisely why she strikes a chord with so many fans.

In his new autobiography, Eric Clapton tells the story of his professional rise and his personal battles with substance abuse. In the first of a two-part interview, Clapton remembers the blues greats that influenced him as a young guitarist.

Last week's presidential debate and its aftereffects dominated the campaign.

This NHL playoff season a good luck charm for the Edmonton Oilers has been Chappel Roan's hit song Pink Pony Club.

Homes, cars and streets were flooded with rainwater for days — and even weeks — after Hurricane Milton, which overwhelmed stormwater systems.

Alice Brock, whose restaurant in western Massachusetts inspired Arlo Guthrie's Thanksgiving song, died last week at the age of 83.

Catherine Mohr shares the story of a scuba diving trip gone wrong, where getting stabbed by a sea urchin transformed her relationship with the ocean... and ultimately led her to the love of her life.

Writer and podcaster Kara Swisher wrote her memoir, Burn Book, about her disillusionment with many tech moguls. It recounts more than three decades covering the tech industry.

The author famous for the cult classic House of Leaves is writing a novel about a little girl who finds a kitten. The book is planned to be epic — 27 volumes total. Volume 1 is more than 800 pages.

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Kwame Anthony Appiah, a professor of philosophy at NYU and author of "The Ethicist" column for The New York Times, who just won the 2024 Kluge Prize.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with acclaimed author Arundhati Roy about her new book "Mother Mary Comes to Me," her first major work of autobiography.

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

President Bush's budget includes proposed cuts to a variety of health programs. The biggest cut and the most controversial falls on Medicare. But in an election year, it's not clear that Congress will want to take on the politically sensitive program.

Comedian Robert Schimmel has suffered tragedies, including the death of his child and his own battle with cancer. But throughout it all, Schimmel managed to find strength in humor. His recent memoir is Cancer on $5 a Day.

Americans throws away nearly 1,800 pounds of trash each year. One Illinois University is teaching students recycling skills that will not go to waste.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Diane Foley, mother of journalist James Foley, who was kidnapped and killed by ISIS in 2012, about an executive order meant to help wrongfully detained Americans abroad.

President Biden's most glaring vulnerability in his reelection campaign is his age, and it was front and center this week in a special counsel report about his handling of classified documents.

This time next year, NASA plans to send its first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years. NPR visited the facility to find out how astronauts are preparing for this high stakes exploration.

Carol Moseley Braun is no stranger to stepping into new territory. She was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate now she shares that experience a new memoir.

The Danish duo's members, Coco O. and Robin Hannibal, grew up with a love of 1970s soul music that wasn't widely shared in their hometown, Copenhagen. On their new album, Avalanche, that '70s sound is front and center.

In a post on his social media site, former President Donald Trump said he had no more to say about the case, and lashed out at New York's attorney general and the judge presiding over his case.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Middle East expert Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the prospect of lasting peace in Gaza.

Transgender service members continue to weigh their options as a Trump administration policy tries to push them out of the military for a second time in less than a decade.