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The men's basketball team is off to a rocky start at the Olympics, after losing to France. Since 1992, the U.S. men's team has largely dominated at the Olympics. The team looks vulnerable now.

Journalist Robert Draper says the GOP's embrace of extremism opened the door to fringe actors, who've become among the party's most influential leaders. His new book is Weapons of Mass Delusion.

Mary Ogden's children and granddaughter remember her through the lullaby "Baby Boat," which meant a lot to all of them. Ogden died from COVID-19 in 2020, not long after her 100th birthday.

In Utah, 85% of deaths from firearms are suicides. To help people who might be vulnerable, outreach workers are discussing suicide prevention at gun shows and firearms classes.

The detail emerged decades after Roman Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor and fled the U.S. on the eve of his sentencing because he didn't think he was getting a fair deal.

'The Big Boss' took a genre from working-class neighborhoods and turned it into a commercial powerhouse. But as the trailblazer retires, reggaeton meets a new moment for rebellion and experimentation.

An NPR team follows Omar Vivó as he sets off from Colombia for the U.S., traversing part of the Darién Gap, where the dangers include raging rivers, snakes and criminals who prey on migrants.

M.J. Eberhart, who goes by the trail name of Nimblewill Nomad, hiked the entire 2,193-mile trail. Eberhart finds a sense of calm in the company of the tight-knit and diverse hiking community.

Nicholas van Eck of Portland, Ore., was a chef and co-owned a restaurant before the pandemic. A break in his work made him realize he needed a career change. He shares how he came to that decision.

Singer-songwriter Jessy Wilson was ready to walk away from music until her song "Keep Rising" was chosen as the closing anthem for the movie The Woman King.

What's changed since the tragedy at Pulse nightclub in Orlando? Florida Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith and George A. Wallace, executive director of LGBT+ Center Orlando, talk with NPR's Michel Martin.

The wide-ranging keyboardist, composer and bandleader died Feb. 9 of cancer. He was one of the fathers of jazz fusion, with his work spanning from acoustic jazz to his own interpretations of Mozart.