For NPR's series "Picture This," illustrator Carson Ellis talks about working with author Susan Cooper to make Cooper's poem "Shortest Day" into a children's book. (This story first aired on Weekend ...
About 300 Americans a year give a kidney to a complete stranger. Researchers have studied the brains of these very generous people, and say they may feel others' pain more than the average person.
An impasse over the budget and the threat of a government shutdown dominated political news earlier this week.
German officials say a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who moved to Germany in 2006 deliberately drove his car into a crowded outdoor Christmas market Friday.
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., about the House GOP caucus and the Dec. 20 stopgap funding vote.
NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss a big weekend of college and professional football.
A reflection on the comedy stylings of Pope Francis, who is telling priests to lighten up and not be so dour.
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jonathan Lane, of the consortium Revolution 250, about why the Battle of Bunker Hill won't be reenacted at Bunker Hill to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S.
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Natan Sachs of the Brookings Institution about how Israel views ...
December in Peru means surf and ceviche, as our reporter catches some breaks on the beaches outside Lima.
We explore the history of the bells that have become so tied with the Christmas season: jingle bells.
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