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All Things Considered host Melissa Block talks with technology reporter Nick Wingfield of the New York Times about the upcoming release Windows 8. He says Microsoft's newest operating system is the company's most radical leap forward since the move from an arcane, text-based operating system to the icon-based one users are accustomed to today.

The Detroit Tigers swept the New York Yankees on Thursday and are headed to the World Series. They'll face the winner of the series between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants. Sportswriter Stefan Fatsis joins host Robert Siegel to discuss baseball's playoff season.

Russia is doubling down on its support for the Syrian regime, as the U.S. tries to revive a diplomatic track. NPR explores how the U.S. has misread Russia all these years.

Women auditioned for the Harvard musical theater group, Hasty Pudding, this weekend, which has never had a female member in the troop.

The National Park Service expects a busy summer as the country begins to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. Last year 237 million people flocked to national parks to escape from COVID-19.

The world's oil and gas mega-companies are raking it in again. The earnings reflect the remarkable comeback in the global economy, powered by U.S. growth, which is sharply pushing up demand for oil.

Voting machine engineer Eric Coomer was falsely accused of rigging the election against former President Donald Trump by the conservative cable network. He faced death threats and has been in hiding.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with former NPR social media guru Andy Carvin about the way his realm came to affect the news business.

After deadly blackouts gripped Texas in February, state lawmakers vowed to protect people from future power failures. But now, lawmakers are debating measures that critics say could do the opposite.

A bipartisan group of 44 attorneys general is urging Facebook to abandon plans to build a version of Instagram for children under 13 because of fears it could harm children's mental health and safety.

For weeks, Seattle nurses have been treating COVID-19 patients. They are confused and don't believe their hospitals are prepared. Nurses are collecting masks online and in neighborhoods.

President Biden met with the family of George Floyd Tuesday. He hoped to mark the first anniversary of Floyd's murder with passage of a policing bill, but it remains in limbo on Capitol Hill.

The world's biggest vaccine producer, the Serum Institute in India, says it won't export any more COVID-19 vaccines until the end of the year — leaving dozens of countries without supplies.

America's best-selling truck is about to go electric, as Ford unveils a battery-powered F-150. There's a lot riding on the new vehicle — and not just for Ford.

E-commerce giant Amazon purchased Hollywood studio MGM for $8.5 billion. Why did Amazon buy MGM, and what does the move portend for the film industry?

We look at the Republican filibuster of the January 6 Commsion, the ever-present, never passed Infrastructure Bill and how lawmakers will recieve President Bidnen's new $6 trillion spending proposal.

After 19 seasons — and some damaging reporting that revealed a toxic workplace environment — talk show host Ellen DeGeneres' show will end.

A deal was announced on Wednesday in which Amazon will acquire MGM, the storied Hollywood movie studio.

Last winter, knowing his time on earth was growing short, the bassist, who died May 15, resolved to cap 40 years of making his own records with a final statement: two albums, by two quartets.

Benicio Del Toro and Don Cheadle play low-level gangsters who get sucked into a into a major corporate conspiracy in Steven Soderbergh's engrossing new film.