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Lt. Col. Chris Richardella was one of the officers leading the U.S. Marine Corps at the Kabul airport when the Taliban took over. In the second of a two-part conversation, he recounts what followed.

When the queen was laid to rest at Windsor Castle on Monday, she was accompanied by a lifetime companion: music.

Mississippi Heat bandleader Pierre Lacocque gives a nod to his maternal grandmother and his wife on the band's new album "Madeleine."

The beloved actor made his mark playing tough characters; but he wanted young Black men to know it was okay to be vulnerable.

Gun safety advocates in Texas are demanding that Gov. Greg Abbott raise the age for purchasing AR-15-style rifles from 18 to 21. Abbott could put the issue to a vote by calling a special session.

For the class of 2023, every year of high school was disrupted by the pandemic. NPR talked to five seniors about what that's been like.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Kamila Shamsie about her novel, "Best of Friends," which follows the relationship between two women from their childhoods in Pakistan to adulthood in London.

Isaac Fitzgerald is known for his cheery take on books for "The Today Show" and on his Substack. But as he writes in his memoir, Fitzgerald's present-day exuberance and self-acceptance came after a difficult childhood and finding community in unlikely places, including bars and the porn industry.

NPR's Cheryl Thompson speaks with director Chinonye Chukwu about her new film Till.

Soprano Latonia Moore's journey to the world's greatest opera stages began singing gospel — in her grandfather's church — and jazz