1970s San Francisco was a place where a young girl and her widowed, gay father could live a fun, unconventional life. That was writer Alysia Abbott’s childhood before the AIDS epidemic. She wrote ...

The season of gift giving, Black Friday deals and holiday travel is almost upon us. In this time of new tariffs, a rising cost of living and a slowing job market, NPR wants to know how you plan to ...

We don’t talk about Montreal enough. The city boasts one of the most exciting DIY music scenes of the late aughts and 2010s, plus one of the largest jazz festivals in the world. Montreal was also home ...

Dozens of Bob Ross paintings — many of them created live on the PBS series that made him a household name — will be auctioned off in the coming months to support public television. Ross, with his ...

New survey data finds that nearly 1 in 5 high schoolers say they or someone they know has had a romantic relationship with artificial intelligence. And 42% of students surveyed say they or someone ...

The Health Secretary’s affinity for saturated fat and his ire over ultra-processed foods could influence federal food guidelines, expected out this fall.

Former FBI Director James Comey has pleaded not guilty to charges of false statements and obstructing a congressional proceeding. Comey entered his plea via his lawyer Pat Fitzgerald during his ...

Kristina Douglass was doing the dishes in her slippers when she received the call from the MacArthur Foundation, giving her the news that she had received a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship. “I told ...

A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year’s “Genius Grants.” Each Fellow will receive a no-strings attached award of $800,000.

The union representing Broadway actors and stage managers is resuming negotiations Wednesday in order to try to head off a strike. The main sticking point between Actors’ Equity Association, the union ...

What if one of the most famous and formidable Antarctic exploration vessels in history, whose crew’s story of shipwreck and survival has been told for more than a century, wasn’t as strong as legend ...

Pumpkins are a harvest symbol and part of our nostalgia for a simpler time. But while the word “pumpkin” has been around for centuries, the plant dates back thousands of years.