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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with actress Toni Collette, star of the new film Dream Horse, based on the true story of the unlikely race horse Dream Alliance.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with actor and director Jim Cummings about his new role in the movie "The Yeti," creature features and how to keep independent cinema alive.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jessica Yung and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about the physics of hula hooping, why some vaccines last longer than others, and a few moon launches to watch for in 2025.

The song, penned before American Independence by a slave trader turned abolitionist, has remained a source of comfort, inspiration and redemption.

Reality shows are an escape with characters who can be larger than life. But some stars use the experience of fame as a stepping stone toward another challenge: running for political office.

Reporters from across the NPR Network are covering the storm in each state — the impact and how officials are responding.

With civil wars raging in Iraq, Syria, and Libya, a wave of radicalization of Tunisian youths, and general political and economic instability throughout…

The recent surge of violence in Mexico is due to greater competition for territory between drug cartels, according to a University of Oklahoma political…

As President Obama prepares to deliver his farewell message to the country, we look back at the legacy the past eight years might leave.

Myanmar’s leaders deny human rights abuses against its Rohingya Muslim population. But international organizations like Amnesty International have…

The so-called “light footprint strategy” has been a hallmark of President Obama’s military engagement strategy as he pulled U.S. troops out of Iraq and…

Thomas Weiss has spent 40 year studying global governance, the idea that international organizations and groups can work together to solve issues that…