October 11 is the "International Day of the Girl" on the United Nations calendar. These photos pay tribute to the spirit of ...

The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America's beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday. Twenty-one Smithsonian museums, its research centers and the National Zoo are all affected.

The Trump administration says it has started the process of issuing "substantial" reduction-in-force notices to federal ...

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister, just days after his ...

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, ...

Here & Now ‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Alejandro Velasco, a Venezuelan historian at New York University about Venezuela’s ...

The state’s efforts to install infrastructure for electric vehicles have fallen short of its goals. That’s according to a ...

Joey Arias has plenty of art left to give: 'I want to live to be at least 200 years old' At 76, cabaret artist Joey Arias' resume reads like the movie Big Fish. The tales are almost too tall to ...

National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11. To celebrate and honor LGBTQ+ people who have come out and those who want to, NPR readers share how they told their loved ones.

"I want to live to be at least 200 years. … There's so much I want to do. I feel like I'm just starting over again, even right now. I feel like I'm a messenger of the universe," Arias says. And — he ...

President Trump said "left-wing radicals" have tried to tarnish Columbus' legacy, and the proclamation is a way to preserve it. Some experts say it's a way to erase the heritage of Native Americans.

For a century, the BBC has broadcast the weather report for the seas around the UK. "The Shipping Forecast" has informed and lulled generations who tune in to hear it.