Spirit Airlines ceased operation overnight. This comes as jet fuel prices - which have soared since the start of the war on Iran - have led to of thousands of flight cuts in Europe and in the U.S.

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant talk about the first round of the NBA playoffs and the bad start to the Major League Baseball season for the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox.

Iran's economy was fragile before the war. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, a professor of economics at Virginia Tech, about the current state of the country's economy.

The White House Correspondents Association Dinner was one of several incidents of gun violence in the U.S. last week. Others ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Laura and Tim Schneider, who are relaunching the Palisadian-Post after it closed due to the Los Angeles wildfires.

For more than 60 years, this maestro of magic has collaborated with towering figures. Now a new record, he turns to family.

A phone booth has been installed at the Boston Public Library where visitors can leave messages. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Meredith Goldstein from the Boston Globe about her project.

Nicole Saphier, a breast cancer radiologist, is the president's third nominee for surgeon general. Will she get confirmed?

Nearly a third of Americans get less than the recommended seven hours of sleep a night. A lot of us struggle to get to bed as ...

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most revered — and controversial — women in South African history. In a new ...

In 2006, an infamous scene from The Devil Wears Prada schooled viewers on how fashion trends make their way from the runway to the clearance bin. 20 years later, what's changed?

Assad, Kurdish families struggle with cold, loss and uncertainty — feeling abandoned by the U.S. allies they once fought ...