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The Max show uses actors and real people to stage elaborate recreations and imaginings of events. It's like a mystery tour, because you aren't given any clues about the final destination.

The Bucs closed out their regular season with a 30-17 loss to the Atlanta Falcons and will host the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of the NFL playoffs on Monday night.

Why can music sometimes remain in the brain long after other memories fade? Why is it that some people with limited language abilities can sing unimpaired? Neurologist Oliver Sacks talks about his latest book, Musicophilia, and the way music affects the brain.

Go to France, Britain, Ireland or Portugal -- you'll find the same sentiment on the streets of all these debt-ridden European nations: Europe's financial crisis was caused by rich and greedy bankers and politicians, yet it's the poor who're picking up the tab -- people like Mariana Silva. Silva is paid 400 euros for the 40 hours she slogs away each week in a kitchen in a poor neighborhood of Lisbon. Tax hikes and public spending cuts have driven her over the edge. She and her two kids are being kicked out of their home after defaulting on the mortgage. The power and the water have been cut off. For food, she relies on the help of the local priest and concerned members of the public.

Jim Lehrer was slammed for losing control of last week's presidential debate, and Martha Raddatz is confronting criticism in the lead-up to Thursday's VP battle. But how much control can a moderator exert over ambitious and strong-willed candidates, especially when the stakes are so high?

Former President Donald Trump made inflammatory remarks about Vice President Harris at the National Association of Black Journalists convention on Wednesday. He questioned her biracial background.

The Food and Drug Administration, as expected, approved KarXT, the first new type of drug for schizophrenia in decades. It appears to be effective, but its main advantage is milder side effects.

Generations of listeners have celebrated the signature songs of the artist who died this week at 81. But Withers' greater catalog reveals a man who stuck to his beliefs in the face of the pop machine.

Three meteor showers will converge this weekend, peaking on Saturday. Look up! You don't need any fancy equipment to see this show, but you'll need to get as far away from human lights as possible.

A chance encounter with a little girl in an ice cream store inspired R.J. Palacio to write a novel about a boy born with distorted facial features. She says it got her thinking about what it's like to "have to face a world every day that doesn't know how to face you back."

The law is already having an impact, even though it doesn’t go into effect until next month.

Actor Ted Danson reflects on aging and regrets in a game of Wild Card with Rachel Martin.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture must temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 probationary employees fired since Feb. 13, according to a ruling by the Merit Systems Protection Board.

"Our hearts are broken," President Obama told the nation today as the awful news emerged. Police say they found 18 children and six adults dead at the scene. Two other children died later. The gunman's body was also found at the school.

NPR's A Martínez speaks with Mumford & Sons lead singer, Marcus Mumford, about the band's new album, Prizefighter.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Patrick Redford from the Defector about the progress of the Tour de France.

Bloopers have usually been funny endnotes to funny movies. They peaked in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but are seemingly fading away.

Amy Waldman's new novel, The Submission, centers on an anonymous competition to pick the design for a Sept. 11 memorial at ground zero — and the furor that erupts when it's revealed that the winning designer is an American Muslim.

Debbie Macomber's books don't get a lot of critical attention, but they've sold in the hundreds of millions. Her fans feel like they know and love the woman behind the words, so her publisher threw a party for them.

Corporate America doesn't want to fight with President Trump in public. But as a result, it's ceding him an unprecedented amount of control over the shape — and future — of U.S. business.

The U.S. has many buildings that are centuries old, but most modern tradespeople haven't learned how to work on them. A New Hampshire program is teaching high schoolers these old restoration skills.

Hanif Abdurraqib, the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, said he just wants to be known as a good neighbor. He spent periods of his youth incarcerated and living on the streets in Ohio.

A salmonella outbreak has affected more than 30 states. Federal health officials link it to onions grown in Chihuahua, Mexico, and distributed by ProSource Inc.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) talks about his new memoir, "Unfettered," and some of the views that have put him at odds with other members of his party.