The Vatican has announced that a London-born teenager who became famous for spreading church teachings is to be made a saint. Carlo Acutis will become the first millennial to be canonized.

Caleb Carr, the bestselling author of The Alienist who repeatedly mined the origins of violence in both his fiction and nonfiction works, has died. He was 68 years old. Carr died from cancer at his ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Dallas sports radio host Bob Sturm about the city experiencing an exciting sports moment with their NBA and NHL teams both in their respective conference finals.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with literary historian Jonathan Schroeder about stumbling upon an autobiography by John Swanson Jacobs.

Scientists have long studied how near-infrared light bounces off forests and grasslands, as a proxy for plant health. Now, an artist is using the same trick to turn the Joshua tree into an instrument.

The palmetto state is one of only two in the nation where state supreme court justices are elected by the state legislature. Advocates are pushing for more diversity on the high court.

Kansai International Airport says it hasn’t lost a single piece of luggage since it opened 30 years ago. The airport, which serves the city of Osaka, welcomed nearly 14 million passengers in 2023.

The International Court of Justice does not have the power to enforce its own rulings, but it does add to the pressure that Israel feels internationally and domestically to end the war in Gaza.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Kendall Spencer, former student athlete NCAA board member, about the NCAA and Power 5 athletic conferences agreeing to pay former student athletes almost $2.8 billion.

Online publishers fear the rise of AI search will lead to a drastic drop in traffic to websites, fundamentally disrupting how the internet economy operates.

Fury Road a decade ago, George Miller needed to figure out a character named Furiosa. Here's how that became the screenplay for his latest movie.

Iranians react to the passing of President Raisi, who died Sunday in a helicopter crash, and what if anything this might mean for their future.