Each year for the past 89, Galax, Va., has hosted what it proclaims is the world's oldest and largest fiddler's convention. People come from all around to keep alive a rich American musical tradition.

As California plans to counter the redistricting attempt by the Texas GOP, NPR's Adrian Ma talks with Katie Fahey, Executive Director of The People, about independent redistricting commissions.

President Trump says he'll meet President Putin in Alaska on Friday. To get a peace deal, President Trump has indicated some territory needs to be "switched." We look to Ukraine for reaction.

A confrontation between religious freedom and public safety has reached the Supreme Court of Texas. The battle is over access to a site where Native Americans have been holding spiritual ceremonies ...

In a new book, Mallary Tenore Tarpley says she's learned to reject perfectionism when it comes to recovery and accept her slip-ups as part of a messy "middle place" between sickness and health.

NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have ...

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the man who opened fire at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reposted the video profiling Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson, who opposes same-sex marriage.

What's it like to live next to a pope's childhood home? It's full of challenges -- and opportunities, neighbors say. Adora Namigadde reports from Pope Leo's former home in Dolton, Illinois.

A militant Kurdish group end its struggle against Turkey: grieving mothers ask if it was worth the high cost ...

Asher Watkins had been tracking a cape buffalo for the kill when the animal instead turned its attack on the hunter.

Visiting friends and family this summer? NPR's Life Kit has tips for being the best type of houseguest.