Each week, guests and hosts on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour share what’s bringing them joy. This week: The film The Shadow Strays, the memoir Ephemera, and Rachel Bloom’s Death, Let Me Do My Special.

Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of countercultural rock band The Grateful Dead, has died. He was 84 years old. His family posted the news on Lesh’s official Instagram page.

A conservative appeals court sided with Republicans in ruling against a Mississippi law that allows election officials to ...

The heavily redacted report focuses on an August altercation at Arlington National Cemetery involving two campaign staffers ...

This fall, Sylacauga, Alabama, found itself in an uproar. The city gained national attention for what was characterized by some as an invasion of Haitian migrants. But the reality was much more ...

The Washington Post declined to make an endorsement in this year’s presidential race. Its editorial board has written that ...

Sulhee Jessica Woo, author of a new cookbook, “Let’s Make Some Lunch,” shares healthy and fun meals that can be prepared in ...

It is the latest in a series of Israeli attacks against journalists covering the war in Gaza and Lebanon in the past year.

The Atakapa-Ishak/Chawasha tribe views the land’s rematriation as a joyous occasion — even though it’s disappearing due to ...

The success of Silent Hill 2, and the announcement of several other projects, begs the question: How serious is Konami about revitalizing its most beloved franchises?

Voters in the crucial swing state have seen a return of the same kind of extreme rhetoric that dominated discussion in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Many worry it will lead to violence.

The four-page letter addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland calls on the department to investigate potential crimes ...