NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Northwest Public Broadcasting listener Midge Komenda ...

Former president Jimmy Carter turns 100 on Tuesday. To celebrate, the humanitarian's Carter Center organized a benefit concert in Atlanta this month that also showcased his lifelong love of music.

From abortion to immigration, the presidential tickets had plenty to say this week. We hear from them, in their own words.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Ta-Nahesi Coates about his new collection of three essays, "The Message." It is Coates' return to nonfiction after nearly a decade.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Mohamad Bazzi, a Middle East studies expert at NYU, about the latest developments in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is being met with both rage and celebration.

Fight Night begins with a sinister host emerging from the shadows of a set resembling a boxing ring. “Friends, voters, ...

In Haifa in northern Israel, people wonder if Israel is preparing a ground invasion of Lebanon.

Nathan Moore of the Sandia National Laboratories details a possible new method to stop a dangerous asteroid from hitting the earth: a burst of X-rays from a nuclear explosion.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Nimrod Novik, an Israeli security expert, about Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

The presidential candidates are hitting as many key states as they can while the vice presidential candidates prepare for a debate Tuesday.

NPR's Ayesha Racsoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Northwest Public Broadcasting listener Midge Komenda of Lacey, Washington.