NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Nicholas Quah of Vulture about the evolution of celebrity publicity as the "new media circuit" commands more attention.

Throughline host Rund Abdelfatah brings us the story of the origins of chocolate.

Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to new CDC data. The virus is spreading faster than in previous years ...

2025 was a tumultuous year for federal student loan borrowers. NPR breaks down the most important changes borrowers should understand as they head into 2026.

Perry Bamonte, a keyboard and guitar player in the English band The Cure, has died. He was 65 years old. In a statement, the band called him "quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative." ...

These 10 films connected when they took really big swings. They hail from gratifyingly divergent perspectives, grapple ...

Israel has told dozens of aid groups they can no longer operate in Gaza. Michele Kelemen has been with NPR for two decades, starting as NPR's Moscow bureau chief and now covering the State Department ...

China wrapped a new round of live-fire military drills that encircled Taiwan, in a warning to what Beijing calls separatists across the Taiwan strait.

2025 will go down as a year of chaos for groups that help poor people. Some have been forced to scale back as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs.

Ivermectin's reputation keeps growing as a kind of cure-all, even for cancer — despite evidence it doesn't work.

The order is the latest in a complex legal battle over the fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a watchdog ...

Israel says it will ban Doctors Without Borders and more than two dozen other humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza ...