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A record 257 arts and cultural organizations in Cuyahoga County will share nearly $12-million in funding from a cigarette tax, this coming year. Who gets what was announced in a public meeting Monday night. But, not everybody is celebrating, because that tax income is on a steady downward trend. The Cleveland Orchestra is getting about a 26 percent cut in funding due to dwindling cigarette sales. Speaking for the Musical Arts Association which governs the Orchestra, David Hooker says the cut took his organization by surprise.

Peter Burling has already won Olympic gold and the America's Cup. Soon he'll start the grueling Volvo Ocean Race. Sleep deprivation, freeze-dried food and giant waves are only some of the challenges.

Taylor Sheridan directed Wind River, a film about a young woman's assault and murder on the Wind River Indian Reservation. He tells NPR's Scott Simon it's based on thousands of stories just like it.

While some EU leaders seek unity over budgets and refugee policies, member states Poland and Hungary are building a unified front to thwart the bloc's plans.

Seven-in-10 U.S. adults say they support some restrictions on abortions, and Americans are split on 15-week bans and whether abortion-inducing medication should be allowed to be mailed to homes.

The commonality in these cautionary tales is the speed with which the final selections were made, leaving little time for thorough vetting and testing.

Americans Simone Biles and Aly Raisman are the first U.S. gymnasts in history to win gold and silver in the women's floor exercise at Rio's Summer Olympics.

Again and again since 1912, splits between establishment GOP figures and the party's most ardent conservatives have hobbled the party's performance in November.

You would rather be Democrat Joe Biden heading into Election Day than President Trump, but there's lots of uncertainty. It's possible to see Biden win a blowout or Trump again eke out a win.

A slim majority of Americans approve of House Democrats' impeachment inquiry, but even more think President Trump's future should be decided at the ballot box, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.