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Inspired by J.S. Bach, jazz pianist Brad Mehldau alternates originals from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier with his own reinventions.

In 1977, NPR's then movie critic Tom Shales called the first Star Wars film “unquestionably splendibulous.”

Every 10 years, the corpse flower blooms, filling the air around it with the scent of rotting meat. What better way to spend a summer evening than with friends at the fragrant event.

How do you quickly develop a safe, effective vaccine in the middle of a historic global pandemic? We ask researchers who are trying to do just that.

The president said he's sending Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the kingdom to meet with Saudi Arabia's king.

This week's best new albums includes Lil Peep's posthumous follow-up to Come Over When You're Sober,50th-anniversary editions of Electric Ladylandand The Beatles "White Album," Hanson and more.

The National Park Foundation said the gift from Lilly Endowment Inc. would help fund programs in the national park system, which includes more than 400 sites.

As the U.S. economy has slowed due to the coronavirus threat, 3.3 million Americans filed for unemployment only weeks after an especially robust job...

It's hard evidence that the type of spinal segmentation and numbering found in modern humans emerged 3.3 million years ago, the scientists say. The remarkable fossil was discovered in Ethiopia.

One of those held is a low-level aide to California's attorney general. The website for the Masonic Fraternal Police Department calls it "the oldest and most respected organization in the 'World.' "