When first-class passenger Col. Archibald Gracie boarded the Titanic in Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912, he drafted a ...

Griots are having a moment. A griot is a storyteller who preserves and passes down history in stories and poems and songs.

For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump ...

National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day is on April 30. To bring awareness to the day, the Up First newsletter is sharing some ...

As he prepares to enter the seclusion of a conclave to elect a new pope, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration said the arrests occurred as part of a raid at an underground nightclub in Colorado Springs.

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, a look back at the legacy of one of Communist Vietnam's best-known state radio announcers.

Frustrated with their party's response to President Trump, young Democrats are challenging incumbents in safe blue districts ahead of next year's midterm elections.

NPR secured one of the last public tours of the Sistine Chapel before it closes for the Catholic Church's upcoming conclave to select the next pope.

Pitch-a-Friend allows singles to let their friends make 3-minute to 5-minute slide presentations to potential partners.

Two new original musical comedies based on true historical events are the toast of Broadway this spring -- and both feature corpses as a major plot point.

NPR's Lauren Frayer speaks with Omaha, Neb., jewelry retailer John Dineen as the price of gold spikes as people look for safe investments.