President Biden's move to pardon his son Hunter has been met with criticism — from opponents and some allies. We look at what that means for his legacy.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with historian Beverly Gage about her biography of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI's history of civilian surveillance.

Elton John said following a performance of The Devil Wears Prada, which he scored, that the effects of an eye infection have sharply limited his eyesight.

Today's story comes from a 17-year-old girl named Clarice. We're only using her first name to protect her privacy. Three years ago, when Clarice was 14, she was admitted to a hospital during a mental ...

President Joe Biden has pledged to spend all of the military assistance funds Congress approved this year for Ukraine before ...

The William S. Burroughs novella "Queer" has been transformed for the big screen. Daniel Craig plays a swaggering-yet-desperate expatriate living in Mexico City who longs for a younger man.

Brain rot describes overconsuming low quality social media content. Casper Grathwohl of Oxford University Languages discusses how brain rot was selected.

The Ryan White program serves about half a million people with HIV, and 90% of them are successfully keeping the virus at undetectable levels. But will Republicans cut funding for the effort?

There is a historic opera house in the Amazon that is a destination for some famous singers, musicians and local fans.

The rapid advance by rebel fighters in Syria seemed to come out of nowhere. Yet this development is linked to a series of combustible events in the Middle East over the past year.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Eliot Cohen of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about Ukraine's strategies preceding President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House.

Silvia Pinal, the "last great diva" of Mexican cinema, has died. There is disagreement over whether she was 93 or 94 years old.