Johann Sebastian Bach was born in March 1685 into a family of accomplished musicians. Bach had full-time jobs in music from his teenage years to the end of his life. He was one of the hardest-working ...

Eileen Collins was the first woman to pilot a space craft. A new documentary charts her path to the stars. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Collins and film director Hannah Berryman.

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The U.S. Senate is considering the SAVE Act, backed by President Trump, which would require documents like a passport or ...

Gas prices across the region have surged more than 80 cents in just one month, far outpacing typical seasonal increases.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Billboard Magazine's Tetris Kelly about the comeback concert for K-pop supergroup BTS. Hundreds of ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with actress Lisa Kudrow about season 3 of her HBO series, "The Comeback," which returns Sunday.

Connecticut and New York’s attorneys general joined a coalition of eight states in announcing a lawsuit aimed at blocking the ...

Nearly 20 million adults reported some kind of problem gambling last year, according to a survey by the National Council on ...

Norris karate chopped and kickboxed his way through more than a dozen action films, before leaping to TV in Walker, Texas Ranger.

Generation Z and Generation Alpha are introducing the world to new words, like “rizz," short for charisma, or “looksmaxxing,” which means going to extreme lengths for a glow-up.