It was a true holiday gift this week to see an opinion piece in The New York Times by Pope Francis. In a short essay adapted ...

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 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 and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss a big weekend of college and professional football.

Hours away from a government shutdown, Congress passed a bill to fund federal operations until March 14, 2025.

Some Amazon drivers held small protests this week to highlight conditions they say need to be improved and urged other drivers to join the teamsters union.

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.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Adrien Brody about his new film, "The Brutalist." The Oscar-winner plays an architect and Holocaust survivor striving to fulfill his artistic vision in America.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., about the House GOP caucus and the Dec. 20 stopgap funding vote.

President Biden initially wanted to turn his foreign policy to China but instead was drawn into Ukraine and the Middle East.

The Food and Drug Administration has told food manufacturers the psychoactive mushroom Amanita muscaria isn't authorized for ...