The pope meets movie stars and directors at the Vatican today, including Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine, Spike Lee, Viggo ...

The image of gun ownership in America has been white, rural and Republican, but that's been changing as more liberals and ...

King's 1982 novel was set in the year 2025, in a world with widespread poverty, mass surveillance, and giant corporations.

A decades-long boom in brain science in the United States may be heading for a bust. Ongoing disruptions in federal funding ...

"To me, these are nothingburgers. If they're even real," said one pro-Trump podcaster, of the thousands of documents that ...

The BBC apologizes to President Trump for edits made to his January 6 speech that gave the impression that he specifically called for violence. But Trump still wants a financial settlement.

The new Texas A&M University System, which requires professors to obtain approval from the school president to discuss certain race and gender topics, has been met with opposition from faculty and ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with actor Dan Aykroyd and his daughter Stella Aykroyd, who co-authored the graphic novel "Blues Brothers: The Escape of Joliet Jake." ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with sportswriter Howard Bryant about the results of the most valuable player awards in the MLB and how the NFL playoff picture is shaping up mid-season.

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We look at the White House response to the latest release of Jeffery Epstein emails mentioning President Trump, as well as what's next in the fight to extend health care subsidies.

For a quarter of a century, Amitav Ghosh has explored the profound questions about humanity. NPR's Scott Simon talks with him about "Wild Fictions: Essays on Literature, Empire, and the Environment." ...