An Air Force service member died after falling while rappelling from the Alamodome rafters during a pregame ceremony ahead of ...

"We've always kind of scoured a variety of sources, particularly for filmmakers who have a sense of how to scare people.

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Rep. María Elvira Salazar filmed an ad warning the president that he's "gone too far" on immigration. It reflected concern among some Republicans that their gains with Latino voters could be at risk.

Thousands of demonstrations across the country encouraged voter participation ahead of the midterm elections. In San Antonio, ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with southern rock/punk/folk musician Lee Bains III about his time away from music as a laborer and his new book of poetry, "Work Lunch." ...

Chuck Lorre is responsible for many sitcoms in the last decade or so, "The Big Bang Theory" and "Two and A Half Men" among them. NPR's Scott Simon talks with him about his new memoir, "Sitcom." ...

Jazz vocalist Elizabeth Bougerol, singer for the group Hot Sardines, has a self-titled solo album out. She talks about her cinematic takes on jazz standards with NPR's Scott Simon.

About a third of couples are willing to save money on cake and dessert, according to the wedding-planning site Zola.

Chip Thomas, a retired physician on the Navajo Reservation, is well known for his large photograhpic murals. Now, he's been ...

Michele Carew, the Bexar County elections administrator, says her department is 100% ready for the Nov. 3 election. Early ...

An armed bystander stopped a shooting at a school in Bend, Ore. We talk with experts about how rarely an armed civilian ends an attack like this and how gun rights groups are responding.