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One hundred years ago this week, the radio barn dance that came to be known as the Grand Ole Opry was first broadcast from Nashville. Being part of the show still matters to country artists today.

No one knows exactly when Gramma was born. But if the estimated birth year of 1884 is accurate, Chester Arthur occupied the Oval Office and there were only 39 states at the time.

After appearing in a video urging members of the military to not obey illegal orders, six Democratic lawmakers say the FBI has requested interviews with all of them.

NPR's Michel Martin asks former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul how the U.S. might advance a new peace plan for Ukraine with Moscow.

At New York City's Tenement Museum, high schoolers explore the American experience through the eyes of one 1860s-era Black family.

President Trump is expected to arrive in Israel on Sunday night as both sides prepare for the release of Israeli hostages and nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners.

The cough syrup was contaminated with industrial chemicals. Experts say this is no accident. It's the latest case of what is being called a global crime.

All 20 surviving Israeli hostages have been freed by Hamas after spending more than two years in captivity in Gaza.

As the world looks to Gaza, settlers in the West Bank are seizing land and terrorizing villages with impunity.

NPR's reporters on the choices and challenges of writing obituaries.