In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most ...

A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows how he used his wealth to build relationships with prominent scientists.

The price of crude oil briefly neared $120 a barrel Monday as Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei the supreme leader and then ...

Legendary anchorman and America’s favorite judge and scorekeeper, Bill Kurtis is retiring from his role at Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, capping off a phenomenal 12-year run with the show. Kurtis is known ...

The Taliban has released a video of an interrogation of a girl who passed as a boy. It's an age-old practice in this patriarchal society but now appears to be happening with some frequency.

A new lawsuit accuses the administration of violating the First Amendment by threatening the visas of researchers for work on disinformation and content moderation of social media.

Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader. And, President Trump says he will not sign any more bills until Congress overhauls voting.

Sunday's attack brought the death toll to at least 157 people since the Trump administration began targeting alleged drug-smuggling vessels, in early September.

President Trump is pushing the Senate to abandon the filibuster and pass SAVE American Act, a bill top Democrat calls 'Jim ...

During World War I, women in Russia went on strike. They demanded "bread and peace." Among the results of their four-day ...

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz has appeared on Weekend Edition Sunday since the program's start in 1987. He's also the ...

Thousands showed up in Chicago over the weekend to pay respects to the civil rights leader, who died last month at the age of 84.