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The world’s oldest film festival is underway in Italy -- it's the Venice International Film Festival. We learn more about this year’s most talked about entries.

A new trove of letters and oral histories is shining a light on the successes and challenges of jailhouse lawyers: people in prison who help themselves and others navigate the legal system.

Golf is a sport that's been enjoyed by both Democrats and Republicans through the decades, but bipartisan golf outings may be disappearing like a shanked tee shot into a water hazard.

The punk rock star has produced several books that braid thoughts on her newest endeavors with memories and photographs of her lost lovers and friends. Bread of Angels is her most autobiographical.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has traveled so far from Earth that the relative position of the stars is beginning to shift — a fact that could help future spacecraft navigate the galaxy on their own.

Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Mike Pesca about the funds that go into the NCAA, which runs March Madness.

Some federal workers closely following President Trump's threats of mass layoffs and funding cuts in the shutdown say it's nothing new. He's been doing those same things since January.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Jonah Goldberg, editor of The Dispatch, about former Vice President Dick Cheney who died Monday at 84.

With a measles outbreak growing in West Texas, and isolated cases popping up across the country, experts say vaccination is the best protection. And not just for kids. Some adults may need a booster.

Jordan's crown prince has married a Saudi architect. The union carries political undertones and comes at a critical time for Jordan.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ESPN's Michele Steele about the U.S. women's soccer team's performance in the World Cup, Lionel Messi's debut in Miami, and the new owners of the Washington Commanders.

NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant talk about Major League Baseball's new inclusion of Negro League stats into its record books.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Martin Gordon, the Anglican bishop of Goma, who fled before rebels advanced into the city in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Today, he is issuing a call for peace.

A famed graphic novelist returns! A Southern-gothic crime-thriller inspired by The Godfather! An extremely in depth biography of Mark Twain! And more!

Mecklenburg County’s Juvenile Detention Center would close this December under the county manager’s budget recommendation. That would mean many teenagers would go to facilities as far as three or four hours away from their families and lawyers.

The fight over whether Republicans keep their supermajority in the General Assembly will come down to just a handful of legislative districts. There are 120 seats in the House. Almost all are preordained in terms of who will win.

WFAE is reaching out to local leaders and organizers for their reaction to the guilty verdict of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd. Here’s what some of them had to say.

The South Carolina Lady Gamecocks lost in heartbreaking fashion. And we'll have a preview of the most anticipated high school football games of the spring season.

Did you know Blackbeard lived in North Carolina? Bath Fest, set for Sept. 18, 2021, celebrates the golden age of piracy. And Sept. 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day.

In his first weeks back in office, President Donald Trump has targeted transgender and nonbinary people with multiple executive orders, having impacts on Charlotte's LGBTQ community.