Gershwin wrote lyrics for enduring jazz standards, including "I Got Rhythm" and "Embraceable You". We talk with Michael Owen, author of Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words, and listen to some of his hits.
The Americans freed from China are Mark Swidan, a businessman from Texas, who was arrested in 2012 and accused of drug ...
Football isn't the only thing Americans like to watch on Thanksgiving. The National Dog Show continues its decades-long run, ...
Haynes, who died Nov. 12, was a heavy hitter, whose limber beat could lift the bandstand. His 65-year recording career was studded with more classics than we have time to even hint at.
Local therapist and author Ruth Fearnow's book on mindfulness offers tips for the practice as a healing modality.
Tyreek Hill of the Miami Dolphins was cited for careless driving and failure to wear a seat belt in September. The citations ...
The analysis of hundreds of fossilized droppings (plus a little bit of petrified vomit) from roughly 230 million years ago ...
This holiday shopping season is poised to break spending records. A new survey finds people plan to spend $771 on average.
Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin, where he covers the human stories of a vast region reckoning with its past while it tries to guide the world toward a brighter future.
Traveling to 36 countries and 5 oceans, George Steinmetz (and his drones) take us on a food tour in his new book Feed the ...
Grab your blanket, your cocoa, your snuggler of choice – holiday movie season has arrived. Here's a rundown of the standard ...
Among the latest health hacks to go viral on TikTok is the idea of short post-dinner "fart walk" to aid digestion. Turns out, the science on this trend is solid, and so are the health benefits.