But Marianne Faithfull was famously caught up in a drug bust at Richards' place in 1967, clad only in a fur rug. She lost a ...

It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into ...

With a sudden freeze of funding, two scientists find their livelihoods and futures upended.

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 ...

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

While prices and the economy were top issues during the campaign, President Trump is making clear that other issues — most notably immigration — are his main focus at the start of his second term.

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.

Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants control of the Panama Canal.

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.

NPR's Scott Simons speaks to Maha Nassar, a professor at the University of Arizona, about how Palestinians will view the Israeli Prime Minister's visit to the White House next week.

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." ...

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.