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For more than a decade, the rare site of red-tailed hawks nesting among New York high-rises has mesmerized hordes of onlookers. Perhaps none of the birdwatchers understood the majestic creatures better than Charles Kennedy, an amateur naturalist who died recently at age 67. NPR's Margot Adler has a remembrance.

Americans are encountering India's Bollywood style on fashion runways and in music videos. But commentator Sandip Roy, an Indian immigrant, isn't sure what to make of the new Bollywood section at his local Blockbuster.

Slate's Dan Engber offers this "explainer" about the difference between creationism and intelligent design.

Former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson recalls exchange between her boss and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, who warned "Somebody is going to die and this is going to be on your effing hands."

After decades conducting symphony orchestras and composing classical music, Andre Previn records a solo jazz album. The musical polymath has written scores for hit musicals like Gigi and Kiss Me Kate.

Read excerpts of Iris Kluber's "Prairie Diary" recollecting her day in Kansas, Oct. 11, 2001.

A lifelong Dolly Parton fan born in Germany who used country music to understand American culture and survived hardship with poise and wit.

The German government has admitted that its foreign intelligence agency, the BND, has spied on German journalists. Media reports say some of the country's best-known investigative journalists were targeted as the BND tried to find out what they were working on and who their sources were.

Medical schools and residency programs are under increasing pressure to turn out doctors who are good communicators and compassionate in their interactions with patients. It's a huge challenge, but one program is addressing the issue with monthly lunch for first-year doctors.

Jesse Jean grew up without parents in inner-city Washington, D.C., and seemed destined to slip through the cracks. But then Jean met two mentors who put him on a very different path -- an elite boarding school in Connecticut. Independent radio producer Katie Davis first profiled Jean in May 2002, and has a follow-up.

At the beginning of lockdown, the legendary funk bassist began posting uplifting messages to Instagram, where they found a receptive audience in drummer Adam Deitch of the band Lettuce.

Can humor help us learn about the world? Science writer and comedian Kasha Patel thinks so. She applies the scientific method to stand-up comedy, and uses humor to teach science.