While the militant group says it will release 10 living and 18 deceased hostages still held in Gaza, there appear to be other ...

Silverman's parents died 9 days apart; the loss was a starting point for her comedy special. Ken Tucker reviews new albums by ...

Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who rejected writing in the language of the colonizer, died at 87. NPR's Scott Simon previously spoke to him about his latest novel and waiting for the Nobel Prize.

Taylor Swift has purchased the rights to the master recordings of her early albums, giving her control over all her music.

President Trump addressed U.S. Steel workers and local officials in Pittsburgh, Pa., Friday, trumpeting a deal between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is laying blame for the state's homeless rates on local officials and recently cut some state money for their programs.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to French writer-director Laura Piani about her new movie, a romantic comedy titled "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life." ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Tamara Lanier who, following a six-year legal battle with Harvard University, won the ownership to images of her enslaved descendants.

NPR's Scott Simon asks poet Edward Hirsch about his new memoir, written in poem-like snippets. It is called "My Childhood in Pieces." ...

NPR's Scott Simon asks attorney Jason Kenner about the U.S. Court of International Trade and litigation on tariffs. Kenner served in the Justice department's International Trade Field Office.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Benicio del Toro, who plays a wealthy, scheming mid-century industrialist in Wes Anderson's latest film, "The Phoenician Scheme." ...

Leading human rights activist, Ruth López, has been arrested in El Salvador. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to her colleague Noah Bullock from the human rights organization Cristosal about the case.