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NPR's Scott Simon talks to sportswriter Howard Bryant about Bryant's latest book "Kings and Pawns."

Only 21 merit badges are required to advance out of Eagle Scouts, the highest rank in Scouting America. One dedicated Missouri scout has earned 140--that was every merit badge offered by Scouting America during his time as a Scout.

It's been a challenging year for the consumer watchdog agency, as the Trump administration has tried to deny it funding and lay off most of its staff.

A high school teacher gives his students projects that offer opportunities to help others. He finds these projects generate a lot of enthusiasm in the classroom.

A visit to the Gaulier clown school - home to alumni including Sacha Baron Cohen and Emma Thompson - reveals that clowning is all about the art of failure.

A tour of a once-grand English manor, set to become a hotel, where abandoned objects tell of a family's decline: NPR's Scott Simon talks with Angela Tomaski about her novel, "The Infamous Gilberts."

The Administration for a Healthy America is RFK Jr.'s plan to tackle chronic disease, addiction and other persistent problems. But so far it's not being set up like previous new agencies.

Foster was 12 years old when she starred in Taxi Driver. Fifty years later, she looks back on the role. Hedda star Thompson explains why she has the words "yes" and "no" tattooed on opposite arms.

Prediction market apps are thriving in Trump's second term, with traders betting on migrant deportations to election outcomes. A community of young, mostly male and very online traders are driving the industry's bonanza.

On this day in 1899, Ellen May Tower, a veteran of the Spanish American War, became the first woman in Michigan to receive a military funeral. In 1983, Detroit’s J. L. Hudson Department store closed its doors for the last time. And in 1931, James Earl Jones, the iconic voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa, was born.