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Arlington House has reopened after a 3-year renovation. It seeks to memorialize Robert E. Lee and acknowledge his role in the Confederacy while also telling the story of those enslaved there.

Eleven jurors in the case are white, and one is Black. While the judge acknowledged "intentional discrimination in the panel," he said he was unable to reinstate any jurors who had been dismissed.

Scientists are projecting the surge will peak in January. Just how massive it could be depends on how quickly Americans get boosted and change behavior to slow the spread.

Teachers now are left to decide how — or whether — to instruct their students about the events that sit at the heart of the country's division.

Bubbly pop songs sidle up to filthy headbangers and dreamy ambient in a six-hour playlist of unexpected holiday music.

Activist Ady Barkan and director Nicholas Bruckman talked with NPR about the new documentary Not Going Quietly. It follows Barkan as he deals with ALS while also maintaining his activism.

President Trump asked Ukraine's president to investigate Joe Biden and his son, and told him to work with the attorney general. Democrats call it an abuse of power. Trump says he did nothing wrong.

Health experts told NPR that long-term exposure to trauma and stress — like that of the war in Ukraine — can impact a person's sleep, memory, mood and physical appearance.

Deep Throat, now known to be former FBI official Mark Felt, helped The Washington Post do its part to report on the Watergate scandal more than 30 years ago. But Watergate wasn't the result of a single anonymous source leaking information to a couple of reporters. Many players -- and many twists -- created the plot that mesmerized the nation for two long years.

The explosive testimony about former President Trump's actions on Jan. 6, 2021, has led to calls from some right-leaning outlets that Trump is unfit to serve in office.

Dylan's electric performance of the song at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival made Joni Mitchell say, "The American folk song has grown up."

She was the Hollywood star for two decades, then a washout, then an Oscar nominee again — twice. On the centenary of her birth, NPR's Bob Mondello looks back at a star you think you know.

The Southern soul survivor possesses the gonzo showmanship, expansive vision and warped wit to carry the imaginative fun of his music into the Auto-Tune era.

Molly Yeh, author of Home is Where the Eggs Are: Farmhouse Food for the People You Love, took inspiration from her journey into parenthood while also hosting Girl Meets Farm.

GOP lawmakers in Tennessee have redrawn Nashville from one Democratic congressional district into three GOP-leaning districts. Democrats will have a difficult, if not impossible, time getting elected.

Though the scenery of the American Southwest remains largely unchanged, the band's sense and understanding of it continues to deepen and grow.

All Songs Considered's list of the 50 most important recordings of the decade continues, from Norah Jones to Jason Moran.

It's not just staffers in the Trump White House who seem to hate each other. There's a rich tradition of White House rivalry and backstabbing throughout American history.

Paulette Jiles crafts a novel from the scraps of a real historical life, evoking the clashes between settlers and American Indians in the years following the Civil War in powerful, moving prose.

Nichols broke ground and paved the way for Black actors in Hollywood as Uhura. Her castmate George Takei wrote, "We lived long and prospered together."