The proposed new president of Florida A&M University has ties to Governor Ron DeSantis, and some alumni fear it's an effort to take control of the HBCU.

Paula Bomer's dizzying book is a fascinating look at an absurdly stupid young man in the early 1990s who manages to sustain ...

DETROW: The Tokyo Grand Sumo Tournament comes to an end this weekend. Just ahead of the rise of a new yokozuna, or grand champion, we reached out to NHK sumo announcer Ross Mihara. MIHARA: Well, I ...

Joy in India as writer Banu Mushtaq wins a major literary award for her short stories that she wrote over 3 decades in a regional language.

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi's thriller It Was Just An Accident has won the Palme D'Or at the 78th Cannes Film ...

Author Yiyun Li has lost two teenage sons to suicide. Her new book is about how to think about life after the unimaginable.

Two non-verbal actors have been case in a new opera, opening this week in Omaha. The production has worked for five years to ...

NPR Scott Simon talks to Adam Roberts about his debut novel, "Food Person." It's about a food writer ghostwriting a cookbook for a celebrity who doesn't actually like food.

Character actor George Wendt was known to a generation as Norm, the beleaguered, lovable everyman on the sit-com "Cheers." He ...

Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention ...

You're going to die eventually, and there's nothing you can do about it. Final Destination Bloodlines is the sixth installment.

Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, is a day to honor and mourn fallen military service members. NPR readers ...