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The 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier. Plus, a female baseball coach makes history. And a pitcher's hope for a perfect game gets cut short by his manager.

Deadline for a government shutdown looms. Health care workers at Kaiser Permanente near a nationwide walkout. The parents of the founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX face their own legal troubles.

The majority of San Franciscans who voted in yesterday's special election were in support of recalling three San Francisco school board members

In a glitzy neighborhood in Dubai, the largest city in United Arab Emirates, a new restaurant offers Ukrainians a taste of home thousands of miles away.

Twenty years have passed since the U.S. invaded Iraq. Four people who witnessed it firsthand share their impressions.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, a member of the Democratic Party, about provisions in the debt ceiling bill approaching a Senate vote.

"My father was not a good person, but he was a great character," Sedaris says. The humorist reflected on his late father in the memoir Happy-Go-Lucky. Originally broadcast May 31, 2022.

Veterans funding is at the heart of two high-stakes showdowns in Washington: budget talks and the impending default on America's debt. If the US defaults, the VA could could be short of cash.

Over the last three decades, singer-songwriter Iris DeMent has gained a cult following of folk, gospel and country music fans.

Recalling Jesus' birth in a stable, Pope Francis rebuked those "ravenous" for wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable in a Christmas Eve homily decrying war, poverty and greedy consumerism.

A decade ago, Jason Isbell gave his career a second act by facing his own mistakes. Can he help his listeners do the same?

Among the declared presidential candidates, two big names are expected to soon jump into the race for the GOP presidential nomination: former VP Mike Pence and former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie.