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Hundreds of A-list celebrities have signed on to support the Committee for the First Amendment, an organization that was created during the Red Scare after World War II, to defend free speech.

Across the United States, people are learning what is and is not functioning on the first day of the government shutdown.

Harbor seals use their whiskers to gather all sorts of intel from their surroundings. These exquisitely tuned sensory hairs even seem to allow them to outmaneuver the escape plans of their fishy prey.

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Matthew McConaughey talks about letting ambition get the best of him.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to journalist Tom Johnson about his career and experiences in battling depression, which he describes in his new memoir, Driven.

A document shared with the public after City Council members voted last week to release it outlines the changes proposed through contract negotiations with the city’s police union.

Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

President Trump is pressuring the Department of Justice to pursue his political enemies, like former FBI director James Comey. Legal scholar Barbara McQuade explains how this damages the rule of law.

In 1973, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, then struggling musicians, released an album that inspired Mick Fleetwood to invite them to join his band. Buckingham Nicks has just been remastered.