A run-down park on San Antonio's East Side has been given new life by an artist whose career started with late-night graffiti ...

The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America's beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday. Twenty-one ...

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President Trump threatened to place an additional 100% tax on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1 or sooner, potentially ...

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For a century, the BBC has broadcast the weather report for the seas around the UK. "The Shipping Forecast" has informed and ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Rhett Miller about his new album "A lifetime of riding by night" and having vocal chord surgery just after recording.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Anna North about her novel "Bog Queen," in which a modern investigator is called to examine a body found in a British bog.

Susan Orlean chronicles the lives of others in "The New Yorker" and her books, like "The Orchid Thief." Orlean turns her skills inward with a memoir. NPR's Scott Simon talks to her about "Joyride." ...

President Trump threatens a massive tariff hike on China, and Americans begin to feel the effects of the government shutdown.

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