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Among the first-time Olympians for team USA is Jackie Galloway. The 20-year-old college student thinks she can take home gold in taekwondo.

After a ten year hiatus, the recent re-launch of COSI’s popular Planetarium exhibit has brought with it a new Chief Scientist. It is the first position of…

Winds blowing across Lake Erie, the shallowest of the Great Lakes, can turn calm water into a frothing chop in a matter of minutes. They're the kind of...

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is open to the public after a dedication ceremony on Saturday. President Obama cut the ribbon on the brand new museum.

David Greene talks to Tish Guerin, mental health therapist for the Carolina Panthers. She's the NFL's first in-house therapist — meaning she's in the building just like any other Panther employee.

"I am constantly in fear. I think I have a lot of potential, but I sometimes think I could’ve done so much more. There are so many people like me out there," a listener told us.

After dealing with the sudden death of her mother, a Los Angeles woman has taken it upon herself to prepare others to grapple with getting their affairs in order.

As the inauguration nears, the Capitol has become a fortress. The fences surrounding it, writes NPR's Michel Martin, "are the hallmarks of a country at war, and most tragically, at war with itself."

NPR's Tonya Mosley talks with Tammy Patrick, senior advisor to the elections program at the Democracy Fund, about how poll watching works and a history of voter intimidation at the polls.

University of Chicago sophomore Natasha Rodgers is having an unusual summer internship with the Bop Stop on Cleveland’s Near West Side. The music venue closed in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. “When we talked over the phone during the interview, he told me up front, you know, ‘We’re closed right now. I’m not sure when we’re able to reopen,’” said Rodgers. “So I knew not to expect too much, but it looks like I’ll still be able to help out with some events.”