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Perhaps you've heard the old adage (and old joke) - "Dying is easy, comedy is hard." That's rung true for Lorain native Ramon Rivas II. He landed his first cable TV special last year but it's taken him years to scrape together any kind of living as a professional comedian. "About a year into [doing] comedy I started treating it like a full-time, non-paying job. It still mostly is, just every once in a while something comes up that gives me a little bit of money," Rivas said.

Known for designing the little black numbers worn by Audrey Hepburn, a British fashion declared of his first collection: "These dresses remind you of that first, best, glass of champagne."

Roger Bannister's 3:59:4 mile in 1954 unlocked the door to what was possible in track — both physically and psychologically.

Protests along the border of the Gaza strip turned violent Friday; Palestinian officials say at least seven Palestinians have been killed. Host Noel King talks to NPR's Daniel Estrin in Jerusalem.

The sit-in at the historically black college is over after school officials promised Friday to meet most of the students' demands.

Tim Bergling, a Swedish dance wunderkind and one of the most successful DJs in the world, was found dead Friday in Oman.

After four years of organizing, online teachers win higher wages and student caseload caps.

Heidi Thomas was a 24-year-old aspiring actor in 1984 when she said Cosby lured her to the home in Reno, Nevada, on the pretext of offering her career advice.

A rite of passage at an Iowa State Fair awash with deep-fried Oreos and foot-long corndogs is trying food on a stick. And it's an uphill road for those pushing healthy choices — or even a balance.

He was one of racing's fastest drivers, the first in NASCAR to take a car to 200 mph on a closed course. Months after a lung cancer diagnosis, Buddy Baker has died.