So far this year, the U.S. has seen more than 120 cases of the highly contagious disease — more than double the cases for all of 2023. Still, chances of widespread transmission remains low.
MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast "The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour" in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday
President Biden said an attack by Iran against Israel could happen sooner rather than later. He said the United States will help defend Israel.
U.S. stamps are heading for their sixth price hike since 2021. In raw numbers, only four countries in a recent study of 31 developed nations had cheaper stamps than the U.S.
Iran blames Israel for a strike on its Syria consulate, and has vowed to retaliate. Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution transformed previously cordial relations between Iran and Israel to fierce hostility.
A celebration too honor this year's NEA Jazz Masters award recipients, including Amina Claudine Myers, Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard and Willard Jenkins. Watch live on Sat., April 13 at 7:30 p.m. ET.
One of the most popular Ethiopian vocalists of the late 20th century, he rose to fame at a time of great political unrest in Ethiopia.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is out. We listen back to archival interviews with film historian Rudy Behlmer about the original 1933 King Kong and with Steve Ryfle about the original 1954 Godzilla.
The musician, and founder of punk band Against Me!, talks about her latest solo album.
Ursula Villarreal-Moura's debut novel movingly portrays its protagonist coming to terms with an imbalanced, difficult, and sometimes harmful friendship that was also a key part of her life for years.
Although the Catholic Church officially opposes abortion, the report says there's far greater diversity of opinion among laity in the U.S.
The holy month of Ramadan concluded this week with Eid al-Fitr, a celebration with food, family and friends. For Palestinians, the war in Gaza has weighed heavily on this year's holiday.
Artificial wombs could someday save babies born very prematurely. Even though the experimental technology is still in animal tests, there are mounting questions about its eventual use with humans.
A German art museum employee was fired after hanging his own art in one of the galleries.
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat who has vowed to not enforce a sweeping abortion ban upheld by the state's supreme court.
The men began their trip on Easter Sunday and had been gone for six days when a woman called the U.S. Coast Guard to report them missing.
The release of the science fiction masterpiece is to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Paramount Pictures says the release will be in IMAX 70 millimeter format as well as digital screens this September.
"Reckoning," which received widespread critical acclaim, featured the single "Don't go Back to Rockville." The album would go on to achieve gold status in the United States.
This week brought more damaging allegations about Boeing as an engineer accused the company of taking production "shortcuts." He joins a growing list of whistleblowers who say they faced retaliation.
Palestinians wonder why their killings in Gaza have not gotten the same global reaction as Israel killing aid workers from the food charity World Central Kitchen.
University of Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari is leaving for the University of Arkansas. NPR's A Martinez talks to Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio about whether coaching is evolving.
OJ Simpson, one of the greatest running backs of all time, has died at 76. His infamous police chase and murder trial changed the media landscape, and accelerated the obsession with celebrity culture.
President Biden's strike force, whose aim is to crack down on unfair or illegal pricing by corporations, could get a boost via a dusty piece of law that some are looking to revive.
All of the workers still missing from the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge hail from Mexico and Central America. We look at what their daily lives might have been.
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to director Alex Garland, whose new film Civil War, imagines what a truly divided America would look like if it descended into a second war between the states.
