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In 1961 the Friendship 9, a group of young African-American men, sat at the counter of McCrory’s Five and Dime in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The counter…

He had the resume — swing-state governor, veteran, ex-party leader — but there's a good chance you had no idea he was running. Judging by vote totals, Iowa and New Hampshire may have missed it too.

It's cold outside, but we've got 50 Wonderful Things from 2017 listed on our blog. Plus, the Pop Culture Happy Hour panel digs into some of the stuff that made it a year worth watching and reading.

On the 60th anniversary of the touchstone jazz album, Sonny Rollins, Fred Hersch, and others recall the room's magic and its enduring legacy and influence.

This year's batch of inductees bring the Recording Registry up to 500 entries.

In adapting a wildly entertaining comics series by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona, the new Hulu show opts to flesh out the villains, making for a more grounded — but slower — story.

In the same week that Mark Zuckerberg testified about the extent of users' privacy violations, Facebook has also been alerting some 87 million users that their data may have been scooped up.

The debates will be held from 8 to 10 p.m. ET on July 30 and 31 in Detroit. Moderators will be CNN's Dana Bash, Don Lemon and Jake Tapper.

Ten presidential hopefuls are making their case on CNN Tuesday night. It is the first of two nights in this second round of Democratic primary debates. Follow NPR's real-time coverage.

The city of Rock Hill launched a new, free bus service in July, with four loops beginning and ending downtown. Planners decided to use electric buses,…

Author Denise Spellberg's book draws parallels between the beliefs of the founding father and religious tolerance in the United States today.

Last week, Cara Tabachnick got a text from her father: "Our building got Banksied and there's a crowd gathering outside. What do we do?" British graffiti artist Banksy chose their wall as a canvas. Now, the Tabachnicks are fending off vandals and facing big decisions.

Two members of the up-and-coming indie band The Yellow Dogs were among the dead in a Monday morning murder-suicide in Brooklyn. It's a tragic ending for a band that came from Iran to escape crackdowns on rock music.

Underground dance music is retreating from the EDM juggernaut by moving toward tastefulness. But in dance music, as in life, the line between polite and tedious is perilously thin.

John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan and three others in 1981, has been granted more time to visit his mother's home in Virginia.

The film is one of several fall and winter offerings from Fox Searchlight — including 1 2 Years a Slave, Black Nativity and Baggage Claim — featuring African-American casts and themes.

Paying $15 for a cup of coffee may sound alarming. Ozy.com co-founder Carlos Watson tells NPR's Arun Rath why some think it can be worth it. They also discuss a rising star on Portugal's soccer team.

A little song that went missing 140 years ago has just been rediscovered. Hear a performance of this charming 29-bar song from the BBC.

Answers in Genesis, the nonprofit building the park, has fallen short of its fundraising target and must raise $29 million by Feb. 6.

Divers recovered a body in Lake Norman on Monday. The Iredell County Sheriff’s office says a search for the person was conducted following a 911 call…