Commander and Astronaut James A. Lovell, Jr. – died Thursday at the age of 97. He was one of the three-man Apollo 13 spacecraft crew that set for the moon in April 1970.  In 1970, the Apollo 13 ...

Days after the president's call for a "new" census, the top official overseeing the Census Bureau told employees that Congress, not Trump, has final say over the tally, NPR has exclusively learned.

Syria’s trying to emerge from a multi-layered financial crisis since opposition fighters toppled the regime late last year and formed a government. It’s been given a boost by the US lifting most ...

The president will meet with Putin on Friday in Alaska. A former secret service agent shares how the service plans last minute trips like this, especially one with major geopolitical implications.

She recorded a magical debut album on Blue Note and was later named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment of the Arts.

A new effort led by Hollywood composer John Frizzell seeks to connect people with autism to each other through bluegrass.

Ford announced they're putting billions into a Kentucky automotive plant to retool it to make EVs, starting with a midsize pickup that they say will be in the $30k price range.

In the days after disastrous floods tore through Texas Hill Country last month, tens of thousands of calls to a federal aid hotline went unanswered, after FEMA failed to fund the call center. We ...

The world is doomed, but at least we've got The Mekons. The British punk band rumbles through its down-but-not-defeated songs with rowdy defiance.

President Trump promised a weekend crackdown on Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal ...

The National Hurricane Center expects the storm to strengthen over the next several days and says it could become a hurricane by late Thursday.

Hiller spent years scraping by in Hollywood by taking on various small roles. Then he landed the role of Joel on Somebody ...