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The finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee are Thursday: the day when adults feel bad because they can't spell some of the words that kids can.

NPR's Scott Simon has a remembrance of a 91-year-old woman who surived the Holocaust, but could not survive Russia's weeks-long assault on Mariupol.

With her debut album, 'Feed the Beast,' the rising pop star is still in the process of figuring out where she wants to be in the pop music echelon.

Foxconn was touted as part of a new revival in U.S. manufacturing, and state officials offered nearly $4 billion to lure the company to Wisconsin. Things haven't gone quite as planned.

In our first episode of Promise of Paradise, which aired on November 15, 2018, we'll hear interviews with two women who came to the region in the back to…

The Pakistani parliament passes a bill allowing President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to remain as army chief despite his promises to step down from the post. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Philip Reeves.

Sen. John Kerry officially becomes the Democratic presidential nominee at the party's convention, promising to work for America's prosperity and security.

Journalist Ari Shavit says Israel must find a way to reconcile its democratic values with the reality of everyday life there. His new book draws from interviews with hundreds of Israelis — both Jews and Arabs — as well as his military experience and Zionist family history.

Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are both promising the voters change. But will the new president be able to deliver in a partisan, gridlocked Washington where the parties can regularly checkmate one another?

Sen. John Edwards offers strong praise for Sen. John Kerry, hailing him as a battle-tested leader with the strength and vision to lead America. Laying out his party's domestic agenda, Edwards promises middle-class America "hope is on the way."