With a ceasefire in place, Hezbollah wants to rebuild Lebanon. But its supply chains across Syria have been weakened by ...

The British actor and singer played abolitionist Harriet Tubman in Harriet, and Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha. Now she's defying gravity as Elphaba in Wicked. Originally broadcast Oct. 18, 2021.

Why universities are advising international students to return before Inauguration Day. And, the last NPR news quiz of the ...

People in Syria are looking for their relatives and friends in prisons, hospitals and morgues. The U.N. estimates over a 100,00 people have gone missing in Syria under the Assad regime.

Researcher Kari Leibowitz traveled to places with some of the harshest winters on Earth to understand how people thrive in ...

RaMell Ross' adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is an ambitious, immersive experience.

The gene-editing technique is effective for treating some illnesses but it's been too expensive to consider it for rare ...

Research shows K-12 students in different states spend wildly different amounts of time in school, and suggests the nation's schools could be much better about using the learning time they do have.

The governors of New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming assess President-elect Donald Trump's incoming agenda -- from energy to immigration.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) advises that the earlier you mail your items — greeting cards, packages and other ...

In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two ...

Director Tim Fehlbaum's new film September 5 is centered on how the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre changed the way media ...