Ken Tucker reviews Robert Hilburn's biography of Newman, A Few Words in Defense of Our Country. Plus, we listen back to a 1998 archival interview with the Grammy Award-winning artist.

It's been nearly two years since Elon Musk bought Twitter and turned it into X. He has turned the platform into a megaphone ...

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An investigation into a suspected cluster of human cases of bird flu in Missouri suggests there was no human-to-human spread. While reassuring, the news comes as more human cases are being detected.

A juvenile humpback whale nicknamed Sweet Girl died near the main island of Tahiti. That spurred an effort to change how fast boats can travel during whale watching season.

The FTC has approved the so-called ‘Click to Cancel’ rule, making it easier for customers to cancel subscriptions. Planet Money examines why so many services began using the subscription model.

When the World Series begins Friday, LA Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani will finally have his moment. The best player in baseball has energized fans, journalists from his native Japan and fellow players.

Bus drivers in Peru are on strike -- disrupting the capital Lima. More strikes are threatened as workers demand more protection from extortion gangs.

America’s first indigenous Cabinet secretary wins praise for managing a domestic energy boom and work on Native American public safety issues. Would she be part of a Kamala Harris administration?

Lyle and Erik Menendez have been serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole since they were convicted of killing their parents.

Ralph Fiennes is tasked with the election of a new pope in director Edward Berger's lush intellectual thriller, Conclave, based on the pulpy 2016 novel by Robert Harris.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with elections analyst Tamara Sartania in Georgia’s capital, Tblisi, to talk about what’s at stake in the upcoming election and struggle for power.