Scholar and editor, Deborah G. Plant, shares with NPR the process of rescuing Zora Neale Hurston's posthumous novel, "The Life of Herod the Great." ...

Is ISIS having a resurgence? NPR's A Martinez talks to Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about how ISIS is adapting its tactics to survive.

Many Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas in January, not December. In Lebanon, Christians say the holiday is extra poignant for them this year.

Canada's Trudeau says he will resign as party leader and prime minister, Biden administration transfers 11 detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Oman, Minneapolis and DOJ enter agreement to reform police.

Hear excerpts from a 2007 NPR interview with former President Jimmy Carter talking about the stark question he faced after failing to win reelection: what to do with the rest of his life.

Bread lines have become a feature of the new Syria, posing a critical challenge to the country's rebel rulers who ousted President Bashar al-Assad last month.

Why was the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States split on allowing or blocking Nippon Steel from buying U.S. Steel? NPR's Michel Martin asks one of the committee's former advisers.

Ski-industry giant Vail resorts is struggling with a strike by ski patrollers at Park City Mountain resort in Utah, their biggest property. Skiers are complaining about delays and unsafe conditions.

Elon Musk's X timeline is suddenly filled with vitriol for the British government. He's called it "tyrannical," and the prime minister a "national embarrassment." Britons are wondering why.

The Biden administration has transferred 11 detainees from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Oman. It's the most dramatic step in years to reduce the inmate population there.

The city of Minneapolis and the U.S. Department of Justice have agreed on a consent decree which calls for the Minneapolis Police Department to make extensive reforms. The agreement comes five years ...