The term brain rot first appeared in Henry David Thoreau's famous Walden, according to the Oxford University Press. How did he use it — and what might he have made of its modern meaning?

Send us a voice memo about a song that hit you hard in 2023 -- one you listened to on repeat, ugly cried to, or that just ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Andrew Weissmann, a top lawyer at the FBI from 2011-2013, about President-elect Trump's plan to replace FBI director Christopher Wray with an ally, Kash Patel.

Fifty years ago this year the Oscar Mayer Bologna commercial first appeared on TV. We speak to an advertising professor about the staying power of this ad.

In the first week of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, residents from northern towns in Israel are trying to restart their lives.

Biden is now the third president to pardon a relative, after Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. Here's a look at the commonplace ...

President Biden makes his first and only trip to Africa in his presidency, as he travels to Cabo Verde and Angola.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Daniel Alegre, the CEO of TelevisaUnivision, about his op-ed on the changing attitudes of Latino voters.

Paxton plays guitar, banjo, piano and harmonica — among other instruments. He's known for performing music from the 1920s and 30s. Paxton's new album of original songs is Things Done Changed.

The heavy lake effect snow prompted the Buffalo Bills to ask fans for help clearing snow out of Highmark Stadium ahead of the ...

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President Biden has pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who he says was "selectively and unfairly prosecuted." And, a look into ...