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President Trump got on the wrong side of Britain's prime minister and others on Wednesday by retweeting videos from an ultra-nationalist group that targets Muslims.

Polynesia was colonized by the French and, even today, Polynesians are taught more about French history than their own. A new archaeological project aims to help change that, says Barbara J. King.

An NPR sound engineer evaluated the difference in sound between Mahogany and Rosewood guitars. See if you can tell the two instruments apart.

In 1963, in Gadsden, Ala., an activist stood defiantly in court. The prosecutor called her Mary. She refused to answer until he called her Miss Hamilton — as he would do for a white woman.

The hip-hop mogul announced he would step down from leadership roles at his companies after an allegation of sexual assault was directed at him by the writer Jenny Lumet.

Grad students are the engines of America's scientific and technological prowess — with an amazing return on investment, says professor Adam Frank.

A cut in the Senate's version of the tax bill would save alcohol producers $4.2 billion. But it probably won't lower the cost of beer, says one brewer who wants to use the money to expand.

The stock market took a sharp turn Friday following news that Michael Flynn had pled guilty to lying to the FBI. But overall, markets have been riding high this year.

Grammy nominations out. We’ll listen in, from Albita’s Cuban big band sound to Jay-Z.

Complex regulations around the material, including a confusing permit process for musicians, may be much easier to navigate after a meeting today in Geneva.

A bus commuter says he saw inefficiencies in the traffic pattern on his way to work, so he brought a brush and some paint and took a DIY approach to "improving" it.

The Puerto Rican soul singer Calma Carmona's new album is a strong statement of power, gender and identity.

The airline had accidentally given too many pilots the holidays off, raising the specter of thousands of canceled flights.

NPR's Scott Simon muses on President Trump's decision this week to share racist, ultranationalist videos with his Twitter followers.

The Republican overhaul of the tax code overcame hurdles to pass the Senate and includes some changes average Americans may feel come tax time, should it make it to the president's desk.

Alabama has long sought to make itself a destination for business investment. But the allegations against Senate candidate Roy Moore may make investors reluctant to come to the state.

UNICEF's Juliette Touma joins NPR's Scott Simon to talk about alarming reports of malnutrition in Syria.

Archaeologists in Guadalupe, Calif., were startled by a peculiar discovery: A relic from Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 biblical film The Ten Commandments.

At a time when there are rumors of a shake-up at the State Department, the White House faces a number of diplomatic challenges from North Korea's latest missile test to a Twitter dust-up between President Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May.

An overhaul of the tax code passed the Senate with no Democratic votes. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., why his party stayed away from the legislation.