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As the entertainment world mourns the loss of comedian and actor Robin Williams, NPR film critic Bob Mondello offers an appreciation.

What are the consequences of slashing federal funding for scientific research? NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with William Haseltine, a scientist acclaimed for his medical research.

"We don't condone anyone hitting anyone else unless it's in self-defense," the father of Venus and Serena Williams told NBC News. Smith won an Oscar for portraying Williams in the movie King Richard.

about the current fighting in the capital of Monrovia, and the possiblity of an evacuation of Americans.

According to multiple media outlets, Florida police have determined no one is to blame for the crash that killed an elderly man in June. The decision reverses their first call, which faulted Williams.

A long-married woman with terminal cancer leaves her husband and embarks on a quest for sexual satisfaction in a miniseries that's so real and so raw it's likely to make you both laugh and cry.

Reporter Adolfo Guzman Lopez profiles the art and life of African-American artist William Pajaud. His vibrant watercolors celebrates the people and jazz scene of his native New Orleans.

Donald Sterling says he'll sue the NBA for forcing him to sell his franchise, and Americans at the French Open work to stay on top. NPR's Scott Simon talks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about all the sports news.

Watch the New Zealand crooner perform his song "What's Chasing You" from his latest album, Make Way For Love.

Day to Day producer Luke Burbank visits William Sung, a waiter in the Chinatown district of downtown Los Angeles, who's collected business cards from all the participants in the O.J. Simpson double murder trial. Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

Ambassador Taylor, who's serving as the interim head of the U.S. diplomatic mission to Ukraine, is expected to appear before a House panel participating in the impeachment inquiry into the president.

On Monday, Sports Illustrated senior writer Jon Wertheim said the U.S. Open was Serena Williams' to lose, and on Thursday night, she did. He tells NPR's Audie Cornish what happened Thursday when she lost not just her match, but her chance to surpass Steffi Graf for the most Grand Slam singles titles.

With Prince William's engagement finally official, are we likely to jump on the royal-wedding train again, even knowing how the last one turned out? Probably so, precisely because of the way the last one turned out.

A letter on the importance of open debate was published by Harper's Magazine this week and was signed by more than 150 prominent writers and thinkers, fueling a controversy over debate and privilege.

Williams, 40, and Federer, 41, have both announced in short succession their plans to retire, leaving the tennis world without two of its most iconic players.

North Carolina’s Roy Williams retired last week as the third-winningest coach in college basketball history. But WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his On My Mind commentary, says it wasn’t the wins that Williams was thinking about when he decided to leave the job.

A previously unpublished radio play written by Tennessee Williams as a college student has been published in The Strand magazine. What does the work say about the playwright before he became famous?

His precise technique and big ears made him the "Michael Jordan" of his instrument. These days, he doesn't tour any more, but he's still making albums for his own label.

In an interview with NPR on Sunday, retired tennis player John McEnroe said Serena Williams was the best female tennis player in the world, but compared to top male players "she'd be like 700."

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with author Alicia D. Williams about her latest book, Mid-Air. Written in verse, it's the story of a 13-year-old boy coming to terms with the loss of his best friend.