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Walt Disney secretly bought 40 square miles of land in the Sunshine State, then unveiled plans that would reshape the theme park industry and central Florida.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with The Athletic's Kavitha Davidson about the new Netflix series Naomi Osaka, documentary about the 23-year-old tennis champion.

Biz Markie died Friday night after months of health issues.

On Saturday, the beloved, taciturn warrior returns to Cartoon Network for a victory lap. We talk to the show's producer and star about Jack's long, circuitous journey.

Faith Jones' grandfather founded the Children of God cult. She was taught sex was a service to God and that women should freely "share" their bodies, regardless of whether they wanted to or not.

President Biden is under pressure to end all fossil fuel development on federal land in order to fight the climate crisis, yet the influential industry still expects new drilling opportunities.

Children are being hospitalized for COVID-19 at record rates amid the current surge. Mary Louise Kelly puts questions from parents of kids under 5 to pediatric infectious disease doctor, Ibukun Kalu.

Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz reflects on Elizabeth Holmes' jury verdict. Now running his own biotech firm, he says he see how the pressure to exaggerate "could create an Elizabeth Holmes."

The New York Fire Department releases dispatch tapes from the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, along with transcripts of firefighters' oral histories recorded after the event. From member station WNYC, Beth Fertig reports.

An analytical look at the week's news events. Topics include the readiness of Iraqi security forces; a new Supreme Court session with a new chief justice; Tom DeLay's indictment and reporter Judith Miller's grand jury testimony.

A new musical on Broadway called Hot Feet is a collaboration between musician Maurice White of the R&B group Earth, Wind and Fire and choreographer Maurice Hines. Ed Gordon talks with White and Hines about the venture.

In his career as a lawyer, Supreme Court nominee John Roberts argued almost 40 cases before the nation's highest court. With the help of some archival audio, Nina Totenberg looks at the arguments he made.

Film critic Joe Barber tells Scott Simon about holiday fare from Steven Spielberg: Memoirs of a Geisha, which he produced, and Munich, which he directed.

Before Katrina menaced the Gulf Coast, the president was suffering the worst job approval ratings of his presidency. Criticism stemming from the war in Iraq, rising gasoline prices and the government's slow response to hurricane relief are contributing to the low approval ratings.

Neither Russia nor its president is likely to face an international tribunal — but that's not the only approach to war crimes, experts say.

The Great Galveston Storm of 1900 destroyed two-thirds of the Texas city and heavily damaged surviving structures. It remains the most deadly natural disaster and worst hurricane in U.S. history.

Jackson Reffitt notified the FBI about his concerns and recorded his father making statements about the Capitol siege on Jan. 6, 2021.

The family history of SARS-CoV-2 is not what virologists expected — and it sheds light on the coronavirus that launched a pandemic. Check out our illustration of the virus's family tree.

Read the opening remarks Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson prepared to read on Monday, the first day of her Supreme Court nomination hearing.

Scotty Bowers, now 95, facilitated the sexual proclivities of major film actors during Hollywood's golden age — and kept their most intimate secrets. A new documentary reveals his secrets.