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A sober mind is a healthy mind. Yet there’s something about even a faintly altered state that’s potentially appealing in one way or another to practically…

History may not actually repeat, but it absolutely echoes.Catch some worthwhile reverberations this weekend at happenings focused on five millennia of…

We say we want to get to know our choices. So why do we still whine and whinny about too many debates? Rude audiences, a lack of spontaneity and the boring, lecture-style presentation are taking their toll on viewers.

In texts released by House Democrats, a career diplomat worries that Washington is tying military aid and a White House visit for the president of Ukraine to an investigation of Joe and Hunter Biden.

Prosecutors called the website the "PayPal for criminals," saying it allowed users to transfer money without leaving a trace.

Bernard Herrmann wrote some of the greatest film scores of the 20th century on top of being an excellent conductor. We’ll hear him interpret one of his own film scores as well as music by Faure and Liszt.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow joined KCUR's Up To Date to discuss his latest book, "Mark Twain," which paints a nuanced portrait of a complicated American author from the Heartland.

Ten states voted in Super Tuesday's primaries and caucuses. At the end of the night, the map was a jigsaw puzzle of wins for Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich. The most hard-fought state was Ohio, and Romney managed to squeak out a win.

Almost no one knows more about the rapidly growing Texas population than the state's demographer, Lloyd Potter. He talks about the historic shift in Hispanic population — and why he's glad he isn't studying the demographics of, say, New Hampshire.

The shooter, Don Spirit, 51, had done time in prison on firearms violations in connection with the shooting death of his 8-year-old son during a 2001 hunting accident.