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Take an interplanetary trek through the English composer's symphonic blockbuster with the help of a conductor and an astronomer.

Rural school district superintendents are trying to find the best use of limited resources. Taking on the state's unmaintained buildings, they say, will only increase their burden.

Botanist Nicholas Money's book Mushroom takes readers inside the world of the fungal organisms that appear overnight on lawns, are occasionally poisonous and appear in everything from Alice in Wonderland to some lifesaving medications.

In the latest installment of our occasional series, "Queer Spaces," we meet with a group of soccer players who gather to get back to their roots — tuning into both nature and their queer bodies.

Deion Sanders is bringing his charisma and larger-than-life persona to a Pac-12 program that's plunged to the bottom of college football. The Pro Football Hall of Famer has been at Jackson State.

There's much debate when it comes to the subject of poverty in America and why, for some, it seems inescapable. Charles Karelis, author of The Persistence of Poverty: Why the Economics of the Well-off Can't Help the Poor, explains why he believes poverty is its own "culture."

Abdi Nageeye, 35, from the Netherlands, finished first in the men’s race with a time of 2:07:39. Meanwhile, Seila Chepkirui, 33, from Kenya, claimed victory in the women's race with 2:24.35.

The U.S. Department of Labor wants to end the program for low-income 16-to-24-year-olds, but a judge has issued a temporary injunction against that until a hearing on June 17. These students say Jobs Corp changed their lives.

In a new novel, David Gilbert tells the story of a famous, aging writer whose children do not feel as warmly toward him as his readers do. Gilbert wrote the book as his own father was getting older and his son was approaching his teen years.

The book centers around Cassandra, a young woman who discovers she can travel through time. Cassandra, like her creator Holly Smale, is autistic.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with NYU law professor Stephen Gillers about whether Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas might have violated ethics rules for accepting luxury trips for decades.

The "new" dinosaur — named Wendiceratops pinhornensis — lived about 79 million years ago and helps scientists understand the early evolution of the family that includes Triceratops.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Isaiah McKinnon, Cheryl Dorsey and Vincent Montague, three police officers of different generations, about what changes they envision for the law enforcement.

The concert version of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods moves to Broadway, with Sara Bareilles, Brian D'Arcy James and others.

Devices on display at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are crammed with technology. But New York Times technology columnist David Pogue says companies are also rushing to make their products more fashionable.

This year's class of honorees included comedian and actor Billy Crystal, opera singer Renée Fleming, the Bee Gees' Barry Gibb, rapper and actress Queen Latifah, and singer Dionne Warwick.

There was a sense of relief Thursday as the U.S. government went back to work and once again skipped past default. But around the world, many investors wonder whether the U.S. is going to be in fiscal crisis mode for some time to come, and how the country's currency and creditworthiness will be viewed by others.

The FTC is suing a private equity firm, and the anesthesiology companies it owns in Texas for monopolistic practices that it says harm patients' health and their pocketbooks.

One nurse said some on the brink of retirement, like her, are more likely to retire early than stay in workplaces where the threat of a coronavirus infection is high.

Prosecutors have apparently decided not to charge senior White House adviser Karl Rove with any crimes in the CIA-leak investigation. Rove's lawyer says his client was advised of the decision Monday.

The political classes are getting itchy this weekend in anticipation of a Supreme Court nomination from President Obama this week or next. White House officials are gleefully telling reporters the president's list includes people not generally mentioned in the press, so what are some of the names that have gotten little or no attention?

Miners are believed to be suffering from a lack of food, water and other basic necessities after police closed off the entrances used to transport supplies.

Sen. Bernie Sanders has ended his Democratic presidential campaign. The decision makes former Vice President Joe Biden the party's presumptive nominee for the fall election.

A Navy SEAL was acquitted of murder Tuesday in a case that involved the killing of a 17-year-old ISIS prisoner. The jury convicted him on one charge, posing with the body of the dead prisoner.

An Egyptian court released Al-Jazeera journalists Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy on bail, but their case hasn't been dismissed. For more details, David Greene speaks with NPR's Leila Fadel in Cairo.