Chad Harbach's 2011 book "The Art of Fielding" was set in a fictional midwestern college. After 15 years, Harbach returns to the same school for his follow up, "The Brightness." ...

COP31 - the annual UN negotiations on climate change - starts on Monday. The talks have been going on for decades, during which the planet has gotten hotter. So, do these climate talks really matter?

Pope Leo holds an outdoor mass outside Montevideo, wrapping up his three day visit to the country before heading to Argentina - the home country of his mentor Pope Francis.

Homelessness in the U.S. has dropped for the second year in a row, two analyses found. But the Trump administration and homeless advocates credit different reasons for the decline.

Democrats made sweeping gains in state legislatures across the country. We look at North Carolina and Arizona to see what that could mean.

A gunman targeted random people as he drove into Krakow's Main Square, a major tourist spot. Police shot and wounded the ...

This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Sterlin Harjo and panelists Brian Babylon, Adam ...

The killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during the ICE surge in Minneapolis last winter was a pivotal moment for the ...

British American reporter and author Simon Winchester died of a heart attack Nov. 3. We take a moment to remember his long ...

Turturro learned to lift wallets for his film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. Firstman's film Club Kid is about a gay ...

Kevin Roberts, the president of the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, talks about the organization's priorities and hopes for the future of the Republican Party and its policies.

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke about how past efforts by him and other Democrats helped the party win big in Texas in the midterms.