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House musician Jonathan Coulton rewrote songs with the word "America" or "American" in their titles to make them about people, places and things that happened the year Texas became a state.

Mecklenburg County Commissioners will consider conducting the next revaluation of residents’ property four years sooner than past re-appraisals at…

The saxophonist, flautist and bandleader has been traveling to Cuba and performing its music for over 30 years.

Jeannie Gaffigan tells NPR's Scott Simon about her brain tumor, her recovery from its removal, and why she's grateful for the experience. She writes about it in the book, When Life Gives You Pears.

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina homeowner insurance rates will go up 4% on average next spring as part of an agreement between the Insurance Department and…

Ware's new graphic novel follows six extremely ordinary people — a teacher, a bully, a father — and meditates on the significance of their everyday actions, and the webs of connection between them.

There's a well-known meme that shows Day in front of a conspiracy-theory blackboard, so we've invited him to play a game called "It's all connected ... don't you see?"

Our panelists predict, now that kids can't Juul anymore, what will be their next fun illicit activity.

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Rest Rooms, Getting Juicedand Weeping Workout

FLETCHER, N.C. — Confirmed cases in a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in western North Carolina have grown to over 50, but health officials still aren't…

In 2003, Wilson disputed President George W. Bush's claim that Iraq was buying uranium to build nuclear weapons. His comments led to the outing of his wife, Valerie Plame, as a CIA operative.

Coates' new novel infuses the Underground Railroad with teleportation power. Justin Chang reviews Judy. Identical twins Tegan and Sara revisit their teen years and their early music in a new memoir.

LANCASTER, S.C. — Two people are now charged to a bar shooting in Lancaster, S.C., that killed two people and injured nine others last weekend.Police have…

NPR's Michel Martin discusses the politics of impeachment with columnist Mona Charen, strategist Joe Lockhart, and Alfonso Aguilar, president of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles.

"We know it's overwhelming, don't think we don't understand," the professor said about the challenge of being a student and a parent. "We take it very seriously, and we're going to be here for you."

Survivors of the 2017 mass shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas are still experiencing lasting effects. "All these people that think that you can just move on — you don't," one survivor says.

The Toraja people of Indonesia keep the preserved bodies of their deceased relatives at home for years. They're saving up for a big funeral. But there's a deeper reason for the custom.

El Salvador is deploying scores of police officers and soldiers to its border to stop migrants. It's all part of a new agreement with the United States to stop the flow of migrants heading north.

Rock bands in Lebanon recently held a concert to protest what activists see as a shrinking space for free speech.

Wednesday marks 150 years since Mahatma Gandhi's birth. NPR sat down with biographer Ramachandra Guha and discussed the Indian leader's legacy.