WASHINGTON, D.C. — NPR today announced that technology journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton are bringing their newest venture, Machine Gods, to NPR. The new video-first show hosted by Roose, ...

Rose Friedman, an NPR editor and reporter who shaped the public radio network’s arts & culture coverage and co-created its popular reading guide Books We Love, died of cancer Thursday, September 17, ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Min Jin Lee about her new novel, "American Hagwon." It explores the prized role of education in Korean culture (hagwons are rigorous tutoring centers). John and Helen Koh ...

When the towering statue of Robert E. Lee on horseback was removed from a park in Charlottesville, Virginia, and melted down, it opened up an opportunity for a new monument in that space made with the ...

Sending a mental health worker out in response to 911 calls instead of police was a somewhat novel idea in 2020. There were only six places in the U.S. that did this. And now these alternative ...

Not every Republican running in this year's midterms is toeing the MAGA Party line. In his bid for reelection, Colorado Congressman Jeff Hurd is leaning on his bipartisan credentials, as well as his ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Colorado teachers and other public school employees can now get help with down payments and ...

On the tree’s interior of "Rooted" design by MASS in partnership by sculptor Dana King, handprints of community members honor the project’s collaborative effort and collective realization. (Courtesy ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 He was “funny as hell and a friend to all,” she said. Jamie Lee Curtis, 67, teared up during her Emmy speech while remembering Rob Reiner, who died in ...

UPDATE: All roadways and crossings are open in and outside of Franklin Grove, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday. LEE COUNTY, Ill. (KWQC) - A train derailment has shut down all railroad crossings and ...

Born in Memphis on this day (September 21) in 1936, Royden Dickey Lipscomb — known professionally as Dickey Lee — is responsible for an impressive number of chart-topping hits. The Nashville ...