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The sophistication of congressional speech-making is on the decline, according to the open government group the Sunlight Foundation. Since 2005, the average grade level at which members of Congress speak has fallen by almost a full grade.

A wave of international orders, fueled by social media support, has all the machines running at an old-school, family-owned keffiyeh factory.

Beginning with Screamin' Jay Hawkins belting out 'I Put a Spell on You' in 1984's Stranger Than Paradise, Cuyahoga Falls native Jim Jarmusch made it clear that music wasn't going to be just part of his films. It's at the very center of the stories he tells on screen. Which is easy to understand given Jarmusch's passion for music.

Bobbi Maxwell, who resigned last month from WRRM-FM after more than 30 years on radio here, says we haven’t heard the last of her. “I’m not done with ra...

The Florida senator got his start on the Bob Dole presidential campaign and was once Mormon. Here's what else you might not know.

Peter Sagal is, has been, and perhaps someday will be again, a husband, father, playwright, screenwriter, author, journalist, columnist, marathoner, Jeopardycontestant, dramaturg, podcast host, documentary host, foreign correspondent, wedding officiant, and magician's assistant.

Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

The name may be silly, but Red Nose Day — which is today — has a serious mission. How do charity evaluators size up this campaign?

President Trump seems pessimistic about Puerto Rico's ability to pay its debts. That view may, in part, reflect his own financial experience there, where he once got stung by a golf course bankruptcy.

Caleb Keeter, a guitarist for the Josh Abbott Band, says, "my biggest regret is that I stubbornly didn't realize it until my brothers on the road and myself were threatened by it."