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Dev Patel as a knight of the Round Table, Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn, the mostly nonwhite casts of Bridgerton and Hamilton — all belong to a tradition that has its roots in live theater.

Now newly reissued, Gloria Naylor's 1982 novel-in-stories painted a group portrait of seven Black women living on a dingy street in an unnamed city, and the systematic racism they faced.

Coastal areas are seeing a steady increase in high tide flooding. Scientists warn the problem is accelerating as the Earth gets hotter. And a little wobble in the Moon's orbit isn't helping.

On Good Friday, March 27, 1964, the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America struck Anchorage, Alaska. It sent tsunami waves rushing down the northwest coast to Crescent City, Calif.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the giant online retailer had to accept responsibility for the potentially unsafe products listed on its platform and recall them.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in Minnesota are putting forth bills to change the voting process in the state.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., on the FBI's mishandling of the investigation into abuse perpetrated by gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Luisa Yanez of the Miami Herald about the strategies Cuban officials have used to quiet unprecedented protests and calls for freedom.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was dealt another blow this week with news that the vaccine is tied to a rare autoimmune disorder. But the vaccine's place in the U.S. program was already languishing.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has taken ill with intestinal problems, according to his office. The seriousness of his illness is not clear.