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http://66.225.205.104/CT20110302.mp3 Elder Care People across the country are already facing the tough decisions on how to care for an aging parent. How…

Scotland's treasured Sword of Wallace leaves the British Isles for the first time ever to become the centerpiece of New York City's Tartan Week festivities.

Al Gore emerges, Obama's aunt is reportedly living in the U.S. illegally — what more can we expect in the final days of the campaigns?

Get your campaign cliches ready — we're in the homestretch, the final turn, the last lap. It's the final weekend in the run for the White House.

The Hebridean island of Iona has been blessed with one thousand years of peace. It is a place of pilgrimage and sanctity.

The Thistle & Shamrock host Fiona Ritchie selects music loved by listeners in the first decade of the show.

The presidential candidates had a final chance to persuade Americans to vote for them at last night's debate. What did voters hear?

Country music's breakout star of 2020 performs three songs for her Tiny Desk quarantine concert, including "Black Like Me."

Before she died last year, the trumpeter's mother gave him a list of hymns to play at her memorial service, down to the specific verses. With a new band, aided by folksinger Aoife O'Donovan, Douglas presents a very personal project.

Hear profoundly moving performances of music by Basinski, Marshall, Golijov and Schnittke — met by a deeply reflective and attentive audience.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Bob Koester, founder of the indie jazz and blues label Delmark Records, who died this week at the age of 88.

This means they'll head to the semifinal. The U.S. is trying to become the first reigning Women's World Cup champion to win Olympic gold.

In their Tiny Desk (home) concert, The War On Drugs gather in their packed studio in Burbank, CA to let us in on the fun and intricate inner workings of their craft.

Alan Cheuse reviews E. L. Doctorow's latest novel, The March. It chronicles Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's devastating march through Georgia and the Carolinas during the Civil War.

A new anthology features short stories about New Orleans. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to editor Joshua Clark about French Quarter Fiction: The Newest Stories of America's Oldest Bohemia. John Biguenet, whose work is featured in the collection, also joins the conversation.

Deanna Witkowski draws on a variety of influences — from Chopin to Cole Porter to a relatively unknown Brazilian rhythm called baião. It's no wonder the pianist finds her music going in different directions — sometimes within the same song — as in her "Wide Open Window." Hear Liane Hansen's performance chat with Witkowski in NPR's Studio 4A.

Thirty years ago this month, Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park was released — and created such a splash that many fans ended up pursuing a career in paleontology.

Friday is the last day for victims of the California wildfires, which was sparked by utility PG&E, to vote on the $13.5 billion settlement. But some survivors say the vote should be extended.

Orlando McDaniel was a Division 1 track athlete whose speed got him drafted to the Denver Broncos. He died in March at the age of 59 of COVID-19.

Much of the political focus when discussing the Bush-era tax cuts is on the wealthy, but they're not the only ones who would be affected if the tax cuts are allowed to expire at the end of this year.