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Longtime Kansas City film producer and director Rick Cowan died of a heart attack around 2 a.m. on Monday. Cowan’s wife, Wendy Thompson, announced the…

Americans tend to think that each election is a littler dirtier than the last. Certainly that is the feeling among many candidates running for the Kansas…

Charlie ParkerUnheard Bird: The Unissued Takes (Verve/Universal Music)Sounding exasperated, someone in the studio production crew sighs “take three” after…

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Dr. Samer Attar, a Chicago surgeon who recently returned from a volunteer stint at a hospital in Aleppo.

The federal state of emergency in Flint, Mich. expires today, as the city continues to navigate a public health crisis caused by lead-laced water.

The Colombian government and FARC guerrillas on Monday will sign a pact that could end a war that has killed more than 200,000 people. The treaty still will need support through a public referendum.

Facing a spate of illnesses linked with e-cigarettes, some states have temporarily banned selling various kinds of vaping items. But business owners who rely on those sales are pushing back in court.

More than 200 years ago, a scroll damaged by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius was unrolled and pasted onto cardboard, even though it had writing on the back. New imagery shows some of what's hidden.

The weekend deaths of the two horses bring the number of animals that have died at the track since December to 29. But the California park says it will remain open until racing season ends June 23.

Months after courts blocked the question from appearing on 2020 census forms, the Census Bureau released early findings from a national experiment testing public reaction to the controversial inquiry.