Russia ratcheted up air attacks by drones and missiles on Ukraine this week. The increase comes as President Trump has ...

The hip-hop duo delivers its best live performance ever recorded and one of the hardest Tiny Desks of all time.

Novelist Danzy Senna spoke with Terry Gross about racial identity, growing up with a Black father and white mother in an era when "mixed-race" wasn't a thing. "Just merely existing as a family was a ...

The English band's sophomore album, moisturizer, is out today. Co-founder Rhian Teasdale joins World Cafe to talk about it.

Researchers at Princeton University say some instances corresponded with national attacks on DEI initiatives as well as on ...

Stewart Brand inspired a generation of hippies and coders, including Steve Jobs. With his finger on the pulse, Brand helped build the future we live in.

Futurist Ray Kurzweil was early to forecast AI would turbocharge human potential. At 77, he shares lessons from 60 years of working on AI, and what to expect in the coming decade.

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is back with Celia Gregory of Nashville public radio station WNXP to talk through this week's best new music.

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They were on opposite sides during Syria's civil war and now must do lifesaving work together. A makeshift brick wall divides ...

The Italian candy company Ferrero plans to buy the American cereal maker Kellogg for $3.1 billion, the companies announced ...

After the 12-day war in June, the issue of who will succeed Iran's longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ...