The winner of Venezuela's presidential election this summer was forced into exile. But he's promising to return for the inauguration next month despite threats of arrest.

Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips ...

Filmmaker RaMell Ross employs a unique visual strategy to tell the story of two teens trying to survive a racist Jim Crow-era reform school. The film is adapted from Colson Whitehead's ...

A new study suggests moderate to vigorous physical activity can boost scores on memory tests. Adding to the evidence that daily exercise is good for the brain.

Scott Simon speaks with Richard Gere about acting in "Oh, Canada," the latest film from Paul Schrader, with whom he last worked more than forty years ago on "American Gigolo." ...

Scott Simon speaks to Massima Bell and poet Eileen Myles about "TRANSA", a compilation of music by queer artists and their allies, focusing on trans issues.

Scott Simon talks to Colleen Shogan who leads the National Archives about the challenges facing the agency in a time of deep political polarization.

South Korea's parliament impeached Presisdent Yoon Suk Yeol for his attempt to impose martial, the first time such a measure ...

Travis Timmerman, a U.S. citizen found wandering barefoot in Damascus after being freed from a Syrian prison following the ...

NPR's Juana Summers previews Saturday's Heisman Trophy award ceremony, one of college football's sacred traditions, with sports and culture critic Tyler Tynes.

Even in war, Lebanon's migrant workers -- many of them South Asian -- play cricket weekly. A vacant lot has become a space for the marginalized, with Filipina cooks and Syrian refugees joining in.

Last week's earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County triggered a tsunami warning urging people across a huge swath of California and Oregon to evacuate. Why aren't tsunami warnings more precise?