NPR's Scott Simon talks with Patrick Patterson and Steve Scipio of the British funk band Cymande about their new album and about reconstituting the band after decades.

NPR's Scott Simon asks ESPN's Michele Steele about the Super Bowl and the expansion of the WNBA.

An air ambulance with six people aboard crashed and then exploded on Friday evening in Philadelphia. The medical transport plane was returning a patient and her mother to Mexico. Several houses caught ...

President Trump is fulfilling an often-repeated campaign promise to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, while also issuing a flurry of executive actions bypassing Congress.

President Trump is imposing steep new tariffs today on some of America's biggest trading partners. The move could affect the cost of everything from tequila to two-by-fours.

Transportation officials have restricted helicopter flights around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after Wednesday's mid-air collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet ...

During the early development of television, and long before the Civil Rights Movement began in the 1950s, Black entertainers ...

In Ali Smith's latest novel, "Gliff," a brother and sister befriend a horse in a dystopian future. NPR's Scott Simon explores the issue of authoritarianism with the novelist and playwright.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, the Congolese minister for foreign affairs, about gains made by rebels backed by Rwanda.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Robert Littell about Leon Trotsky's time living in the Bronx. Littell is the author of "Bronshtein in the Bronx." ...

The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and ...

The 2025 winner is Carole Boston Weatherford. Her award-winning works include Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, which won ...