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A father who taught his son to hold on hope through hardship.

Some cars have gotten stuck in flooded streets and hundreds lost power as potential tropical cyclone passed through. The city of Miami posted video of a flooded street.

Political columnist Walter Shapiro set out to write a different kind of campaign book about the 2004 presidential contest. Rather than wait until after the race was over, Shapiro's new book, One-Car Caravan, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the early days of the Democratic campaign. Hear his extended interview with NPR's Bob Edwards.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

One of the Broadway season's most anticipated productions, a revival of The Threepenny Opera, opens with a high-profile cast. Almost 80 years after its Berlin premiere, the Brecht-Weill cabaret musical retains the power to shock and surprise.

Adriana Martinez of Santa Clarita, Calif., remembers her uncle Carlos Herrera, 65, who died of COVID-19 last year. He listened to Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's version of the song when he felt down.

In the second part of our story about WHER, the nation's first all-girl radio station, we hear how the station evolved from all-music to a more news and talk driven format, as the world changed around them.

A collection of stories from NPR News about the devastating storm and its aftermath.

Three days after the Rev.. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968, performer Nina Simone and her band played at the Westbury Music Festival on Long Island, N.Y. They performed "Why? (The King of Love is Dead)," a song they had just learned, written by their bass player Gene Taylor in reaction to King's death.

Pete Maravich was one of the most famous college basketball players of all time. Sure, Julius Erving, Walt Frazier and Rick Barry were of the same era. But nobody dazzled like Pistol Pete. A new book examines his life.

Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. He says choice has paralyzed rather than freed us, leaving us dissatisfied instead of happy.

Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems to cultivate creativity.