Search results for

NPR's Scott Simon talks to author Patrick Radden Keefe about his new book, "London Falling." It tells the story of the mysterious death of a London teen and his connections to the city's underworld.

The World Monuments Fund list seeks to raise awareness and funds to help preserve the sites it spotlights. Africa's Swahili Coast, Maine's lighthouses and Buddhist grottoes in China are also in peril.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., about his retirement from Congress and how urban transportation policy has evolved throughout his almost three decades in Congress.

Gamblers Anonymous, or GA, is a 12-step program founded in the 1950s, following in the footsteps of Alcoholics Anonymous. For many, talking with other people addicted to gambling at GA helps them keep from stumbling back into their addiction.

3 Illinois airports rely on federal subsidies for commercial air routes

Charleston, S.C., reflects on 10 years since a racially motivated attack on the historic Emanuel AME church. A white supremacist killed 9 Black worshippers in 2015 in hopes of starting a race war.

The hugely popular prediction market was shut down by U.S. regulators in 2022 and re-opened in Panama, where it has benefited from tax and legal benefits for years.

In the new film, "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York," John Turturro plays an aging thief unable to adapt to a changing world. He talks to NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about the film and the role.

Sacha Pfeiffer visits Port Milwaukee to see how President Trump's tariffs have affected the flow of goods and impacted the regional economy.

Black women are three times more likely to die from complications of childbirth than white women in the U.S. Racism, and the stress it causes, can play a leading role in that disparity.