Hundreds of people were laid off today by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as t

The top children's book awards were handed out Monday morning, at the American Library Association's

Many of the problems facing the nonprofit theater industry in the U.S. right now — from scant resour

Welcome to a new NPR series where we spotlight the people and things making headlines — and the stor

NEW YORK ― When the precocious orphans of "Annie" sneer, "We love you, Miss Hannigan," you just migh

Beyoncé's Renaissance is a joyful, sonic immersion made for dance floors of all kinds. The album ear

Binaries be damned: What if God is genderless? What if God is trans? In the new memoir Hijab Butch

The HBO series The Last Of Us is a huge hit and it offers a novel, fungus-based twist on a zombie ap

We interviewed Rylee Arnold because we think you'll like her picks. Our writers and editors independ

In person, Angela Bassett is just as regal as Black Panther's Queen Ramonda. Sitting at the front of

In the six decades since Marilyn Monroe passed away, Hollywood has not let her go. Actresses have po

Prosecutors in New Mexico have downgraded the involuntary manslaughter charges against actor Alec Ba

DAMASCUS — A hip bone in a blown-out building, part of a spine amid some debris, a few foot bones in

Viola Davis has achieved EGOT status, after picking up her first Grammy. The 57-year-old actor won

Edgar Allan Poe, the creator of the modern mystery, was onto something when he declared that, "the d