Search results for

Uecker was the voice of his hometown team who after a short playing career earned the moniker "Mr. Baseball" and honors from the Hall of Fame.

Ilana Glazer is grateful for the limits of parenthood. On Wild Card this week, Glazer opens up about how parenthood has allowed them to draw boundaries and why they increasingly love their alone time.

The late Cuban leader died Friday at the age of 90. He outlasted 10 separate U.S. administrations, and even up to his death, his long rule remained a headache for all of them.

The official numbers are in: 2024 is the hottest year on record. Climate change is the main culprit. But there might be something else going on, too.

Some districts are using money from a $1.7 billion legal settlement against e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs to pay for the high-tech devices. But there are critics and also privacy concerns.

Families will play an essential role in getting students back on track, researchers say. But it's going to take a "culture" shift around the importance of being in school.

NPR's Eric Deggans speaks to Summer Harlow of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and V Spehar of UnderTheDeskNews about the role of influencers in journalism.

Ireland is poised to pass a BDS bill that would criminalize trade with Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and potentially clash with EU trade law.

The billionaire philanthropist tells Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep his new TerraPower nuclear plant is safer than traditional builds. He's putting his own money behind the project.

As a kid, Grande loved singing karaoke with her family. "I looked up to Whitney and Mariah and Celine endlessly," she says. "I think that's a large part of the reason why I learned to sing."

In the 1960s, the U.S. Navy was exploring the other "final frontier" -- the sea. A series of underwater habitats called "Sealabs" were constructed for scientific exploration on the ocean floor.

An NPR investigation finds thousands of veterans were pushed into high-cost mortgages by a program that was meant to help them. A rescue plan being rolled out by the Department of Veterans Affairs is excluding many vets who need help.

The Tate brothers have been allowed to leave Romania, where they were charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal group to sexually exploit women. They arrived in Florida on Thursday.

Ben & Jerry's alleges its parent company, Unilever, ousted its CEO in retaliation for social media posts supporting progressive causes. The last few years have been a rocky road for the companies.

One of President Trump's first executive orders impacts transgender inmates incarcerated in federal facilities. It's just one in a series of actions signed by Trump that target the trans community.

Hollywood's plummeting film and TV production levels have studio executives and grassroots groups pushing for better incentives to keep business in California.

America's Got Talent judges told the dancing hip-hop violinist Lindsey Stirling that her career had no hope, but she proved them wrong. She tells NPR's Scott Simon about her new album, Shatter Me.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Obama administration adviser Valerie Jarrett about her early life and her work in the White House.

South Carolina plans to execute its first prisoner by firing squad on March 7 inside the same death chamber it's used for dozens of other executions. Firearms experts say that could be risky.