In Texas, a long-forgotten series of prison albums offers a rare way to hear what incarceration sounded like decades ago.

A broad and erratic patchwork of severe weather rumbled across much of the U.S. on Sunday, dumping heavy snow in the Upper Midwest while damaging high winds swept across the Plains.

Israel announced a barrage of new strikes on western Iran on Sunday, while Iran's foreign minister says the country has not asked for a ceasefire as President Trump had claimed.

The strikes comes after the United States paused ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine due to the war with Iran.

Best picture nominees are spending less time in wide release. But indie theater owners say Oscar season is still a draw.

Thousands of people lined the streets to congratulate the hometown bobsledder who won Olympic gold in the monobob last month ...

NPR's Jane Arraf reports on developments in the war in the Middle East.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Luke Kennard about "Black Bag," a novel about an actor who takes an unusual role in a university classroom.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with musician James Blake about the relentlessness of modern life on his latest album Trying Times.

So you heard a piece of tax advice from a friend or on social media that sounds interesting. Should you try it? A certified ...

Here's what we think will win — and should — at the Academy Awards on Sunday night. Michael B. Jordan plays twin brothers ...

The Academy Awards officially adopted the "Oscars" nickname in 1939. But who is Oscar, and who started calling them that? We may never know. But here are four enduring legends to consider.