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The endangered deer species on the Florida Keys is being threatened by rising seas, and that is raising uncomfortable questions for wildlife managers. The deer are the size of a golden retriever.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are players in a drama that's being watched across the world. Their image is plastered everywhere, accompanied with stories about his stag party, her dress and other assorted scraps of wedding trivia. But who are these two young people really? The British are strangely addicted to quizzes. In pubs across the land, groups of Britons gather every week to test each other's general knowledge. In the weekly quiz at a Sheffield pub, the contestants talk about the royal couple. And across town at another tavern, a group called Skeptics in the Pub discusses the royal couple and what awaits them.

Researchers and volunteers dove into the Watauga River to recover as many eastern hellbenders as possible before a dam removal next week.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with producer Dan Collison about his documentary on the Port Chicago 50, a group of Black sailors who were charged with mutiny for refusing to work under unsafe conditions.

Mass shootings have been dominating the news cycle in the last few weeks. On Wednesday, the spotlight was local after six people were shot to death near Rock Hill, South Carolina, and the suspected gunman later took his own life.

History professors are wary of political influence over the content of their courses, worry heightened by proposed new legislation in North Carolina, according to interviews with five professors at Charlotte area colleges.

Polls are open until 7:30 p.m. in North Carolina and 7 p.m. in South Carolina, as voters make their decision in the 2024 presidential race.

The run-down state of the historic Black cemetery is at the center of a legal battle over who is in charge of its operation, upkeep and land.

Last year's biggest winner will try to repeat his wins for song and record of the year, and add album of the year to his trophy case. Other top nominees include Lady Gaga and Bad Bunny.

During the Cold War, the U.S. built a military base under the ice in Greenland, hidden from the Soviets. It was eventually abandoned, but its most lasting legacy is a pivotal role in climate science.

Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on May 2, 2025.)

Critics accuse the luxury hotel chain owned by billionaire Robert B. Rowling of taking money that could have helped small businesses or other companies that might have used it to pay their workers.

The key witness this week in the House impeachment probe is expected to be William Taylor, the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Taylor is an Army veteran who has also worked in the Middle East.

But remorse and regret are two different things. William Powell's 1970s book contains instructions for making explosives. Charlie Siskel interviewed him for his film American Anarchist.

Guillermo del Toro's The Shape Of Watertook home the evening's biggest prize, best picture. Frances McDormand won best actress, and Gary Oldman won best actor.

It was a big night for the films Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Lady Bird, and the television miniseries Big Little Lies.

Voices from Memphis on Martin Luther King’s final message on economic justice and equality.

Wal-Mart has opened its first two stores in Northwest Washington D.C., earning cheers from the Mayor and residents who said they'd be happy to shop in the city and not in the suburbs. But there have been months of debate over the wages the big box store pays its employees. Some activists and lawmakers say employees aren't being paid enough.

"Waves are not stationary objects in nature. They're not diamonds or roses or something that you just look at," says New Yorker journalist William Finnegan. His new memoir is called Barbarian Days.

Henry Folger once spent nearly a year's salary on a William Shakespeare first folio. In The Millionaire and the Bard, Andrea Mays chronicles his obsession with collecting the playwright's work.