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NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Brian Peffly about how Robert Gates called the ban on openly gay adult leaders unsustainable. Peffly's scouting membership was revoked because he is openly gay.

Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti checks in with Steven Cook, a Turkey expert with the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C.

There's an aggressive hunting program going on in the back country of Great Smoky Mountains National Park targeting wild hogs. Hogs are invasive and hugely destructive to the natural environment.

Legendary anchorman and America's favorite judge and scorekeeper, Bill Kurtis is retiring from his role at Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me!, capping off a phenomenal 12-year run with the show.

During the 1930s, as Hitler was rising to power in Germany, the man who would turn out to be his most implacable foe was drowning — in debt and champagne. A new book recounts the unbelievable excess.

The case of Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old shot by the Taliban, focused world attention on the risks that some Pakistani schoolgirls face by simply demanding to go to school. Another 15-year-old girl from the same region is also speaking out, though her story shows the complex issues surrounding girls' education in Pakistan.

NPR spoke with two international students about their decision to continue speaking out despite the government's aggressive effort to deport pro-Palestinian activists.

This episode originally aired on September 11, 2020.The pandemic has upended the tourism industry and canceled vacation plans for millions of would-be…

U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials today will hear from an advisory panel of outside experts, the first step in the authorization process for the…

This episode originally aired on Nov. 19, 2020.Musical performances have been hit particularly hard by COVID-19. Venues are closed for the foreseeable…