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A week after violent clashes during a white nationalist march in Charlottesville, Va., today's "Free Speech" rally in Boston was met with massive counter-protests.

U.S. and British rescue teams have yet to arrive, but officials in Moscow say seven Russian sailors trapped since Thursday in a mini-sub far beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean are alive.

Mark Kurlansky's Ready for a Brand New Beat chronicles the spectacular success of the 1964 Motown hit "Dancing in the Street." Reviewer Cord Jefferson says that while much of the book feels like filler, it sings when Kurlansky examines all the controversy one song created.

Susan Choi's new novel, My Education, is a study of relationships and how they end. Reviewer Meg Wolitzer says the book is a triumph for academic novels, portraying youth, love and naivete with exceptional style.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Associated Press reporter Martha Mendoza about her findings of abuses in India's shrimp industry, the largest exporter of this seafood to the United States.

Cell phone data shows that contract workers who work at multiple nursing homes helped transmit the coronavirus between facilities.

Sofia Coppola has taken a 1971 Southern Gothic psychodrama directed by a man and remade it from a female perspective — and the result is powerful.

As the drugs fentanyl and xylazine spread, 2023 emerged as a devastating year for Americans struggling with addiction.

Once Pfizer's vaccine gets delivered, it's up to individual states to actually get people vaccinated. States have different priorities and plans.

"Jaws" was the first summer blockbuster, and its fans are legion.