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From medieval weapons to farming tools to hand railings and wall hangings, blacksmithing is actually thought to have started around 1,500 B.C. in the…

NPR's Michel Martin discusses the new Netflix documentary Knock Down the House with the director, Rachel Lears, and one of the Democratic primary candidates profiled in the film, Cori Bush.

Giant pumpkins can top the scales at more than 2,000 pounds – and caring for these behemoths is often a full-time job. But for some growers in the central U.S., the dream of raising a world record-setting pumpkin is a tantalizing prospect.

Ahead of the leaders' meeting on Monday, the White House released its peace plan to immediately end Israel's war in the territory, boost aid to Gaza and require Hamas to release Israeli hostages.

In the final installment of our Changing Face of America series on the changing face of sports and society, NPR's Uri Berliner travels to Orange County, California, to see how girls fast-pitch softball has changed. The game has become big business, with highly paid pitching and hitting instructors, and super elite travel teams that all but assure scholarships to major universities. But gone too are the days when softball was just a game, and many girls are feeling the pressure to succeed in the sport on and off the field.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Rick Brenner from Boston, Mass., who listens to Weekend Edition on NPR station WBUR in Boston. He fields questions on words starting with "pa."

For the past four months, students at Valley Creek Elementary School in McKinney labored using five colors to create a bracelet the size of a football field. They now hold the Guinness world record.

Two instrumental, improvisational bands have become two of the bigger musical draws in the Twin Cities over the past couple years.“We’re skeptical of that…

Alt-folk and newgrass singer-songwriter Daniel Watkins felt somewhat isolated growing up in Henry, a town today of roughly 2,300 on the west side of the…

The Bloomington-Normal community was charged up Thursday after Amazon announced its 100,000-van purchase from Rivian—the largest order ever for electric…