Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain — who united musicians from diverse cultures and by doing so, shaped modern world music — ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Suzanne Hendrich of Missoula, Montana and puzzle master Will Shortz.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he's picked longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as ...

Inclement weather plagued areas of the U.S. in the first half of the weekend, with dangerous conditions including a major ice ...

By many measures, California is a shining success story. On its own, it boasts the world's fifth-largest economy. It's one of the richest states in the U.S., with one of the country's highest per ...

Businesses are divided over Trump's plan to impose sweeping tariffs. Some companies welcome the protection from foreign ...

Two important food holidays are meeting up this year. December 25 is both Christmas and also the first night of Hanukkah.

For weeks now, residents in New Jersey and across the Northeast have looked up to the night sky and seen drones, dozens of car-sized drones flying above critical infrastructure like reservoirs and ...

Some colleges are advising foreign students who're leaving the U.S. over the holidays to return before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20th.

A German-language Christmas choir in Austin, Texas, has been in operation since 1879. NPR joins the choir as they rehearse for their annual Christmas concert.

Ayesha Rascoe talks to Mazen Gharibah of the London School of Economics about internal opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which started long before his ouster this month.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Forbes healthcare reporter Bruce Japsen about the legislative push to curb the power of pharmacy-benefit managers, who negotiate prices insurers pay for drugs.