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Are local elections really local anymore?

Cyber shopping is not only changing the way consumers make purchases — it's also providing more seasonal jobs.

The man police identified as the suspect in the Austin, Texas, bombings detonated a bomb as officers approached his vehicle to arrest him.

The city council in Grandview Heights has approved a revised ordinance that bans the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products by anyone younger than…

The SARS death toll in Toronto reaches 21, but Canadian officials say the outbreak of the deadly respiratory disease is under control. They cite a decline in the number of people in quarantine, a decrease in new cases. But hospitals fear the spread of SARS among employees. Hear NPR's Richard Knox.

Authorities in London are investigating three incidents on the London Underground and one explosion on a bus. Police say one person has been injured but they emphasized that the incidents were not on the scale of four explosions two weeks ago today that killed more than 50 people.

It was on this date in 1870, Hiram R. Revels became the first African-American to be seated in the U.S. Senate. And it was on this date in 1971 that Marvin Gaye's song, "What's Going On" was released.

Tony Shalhoub and Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) go back to school in a game involving audio clips from vintage educational films. Luke and Ophira discover they have a lot in common.

Unofficial Expertpodcast hosts Marie Faustin and Sydnee Washington put their confectionery knowledge to the test in this delectable music parody game where every answer is a dessert.

David Chan, a philosophy professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, puzzles over the moral quandaries listeners face during the coronavirus outbreak.