NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Harvard professor Cass Sunstein about Ted Olson. The legal great, who argued 65 US Supreme Court cases, including the one that legalized gay marriage, died this week.

French families recall rapes committed by a handful of GIs after D-Day. A note to listeners that this piece mentions sexual assault.

The Kansas City Chiefs are undefeated this season and looking to win another Super Bowl. The USA Wheelchair Football League championship game, that is, where the wheelchair Chiefs will meet the ...

Jake Paul won a unanimous decision over Mike Tyson as the hits didn't match the hype in a fight between a young ...

A fire tore through a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies and injuring 16 ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Vitalii Bardetskyi, a Ukrainian DJ and music journalist, about a new compilation of music from that country called "Even the Forest Hums." ...

Elk have made a comeback in part of the Appalachian mountains and they're attracting tourists during mating season.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with novelist Bonnie Kistler about her new psychological thriller, "Shell Games." ...

President-elect Trump assembled his national security team with a series of rapid-fire choices. There's a clear pattern: Most nominees are best known for their support of Trump rather than their ...

Some of the lowest-paid essential workers during the pandemic also suffered the most trauma. Nursing aides have had trouble getting healthcare officials to pay attention to their plight.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sahar Fetrat a researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the lives of women in Afghanistan now, as the Taliban continue to limit their presence in public life.

We look at some of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominations and how his choices might distinguish his second term from his first.