The term brain rot first appeared in Henry David Thoreau's famous Walden, according to the Oxford University Press. How did ...

Biden is now the third president to pardon a relative, after Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. Here's a look at the commonplace ...

After a bitterly divided election season, we check the progress of a group of college students working to foster civil ...

President Biden makes his first and only trip to Africa in his presidency, as he travels to Cabo Verde and Angola.

North Carolina's Fraser fir is a popular Christmas tree, but it's under threat from disease and scientists are racing to try to save it.

In the first week of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, residents from northern towns in Israel are trying to restart their lives.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Andrew Weissmann, a top lawyer at the FBI from 2011-2013, about President-elect Trump's plan to replace FBI director Christopher Wray with an ally, Kash Patel.

Fifty years ago this year the Oscar Mayer Bologna commercial first appeared on TV. We speak to an advertising professor about the staying power of this ad.

The heavy lake effect snow prompted the Buffalo Bills to ask fans for help clearing snow out of Highmark Stadium ahead of the ...

Every year, we ask NPR staff and book critics to share their favorite titles in our annual Books We Love guide. Behind the ...

Syrian rebels have swept through parts of the country at lightning pace, taking control of the the second-largest city, ...

You can't always know that it's a great year for new music while it's happening, but there was a sense from the very start of ...