Oscar, Emmy, and Tony-winning actress Maggie Smith played everything from wistful ingenues in Shakespeare to Harry Potter's ...

Hurricane Helene raked the coast of the Carolinas on September 27, 1958, but did not actually make landfall, according to the ...

Morning Edition spoke to Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, who worked with VP Harris when the two were state attorneys ...

As voters in the key swing state of Pennsylvania start receiving mail ballots, multiple legal fights over how the ballots of ...

An NPR listener says they are ready to adopt a child and move on from in vitro fertilization. But their wife is focused on ...

The Chicago White Sox have 120 losses, tied for the most in a season — one more L, and the record would be theirs. Fans at ...

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Japan's ruling party on Friday picked former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba as leader, setting him up to become prime ...

This week, a zoo said it would send its pandas packing, a fabled game character finally got her chance to shine, and a mayor ...

An estimated 110,000 trans teenagers live in states that ban gender-affirming care for minors. Some travel huge distances every few months to keep getting their treatment out-of-state.

On Thursday, Gov. Katie Hobbs overruled her own Department of Health Services, ordering the agency to immediately begin ...