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The justices said Friday they would hear a challenge brought by faith-based groups that contend the government's exemptions on birth control do not go far enough to accommodate them.

Neruda's death in 1973 was attributed to prostate cancer. Now, 42 years later, the Chilean government says the Nobel laureate may have been killed in the aftermath of a coup.

Birth control and the Affordable Care Act are back on the Supreme Court's docket, in what could be called a sequel to the Hobby Lobby ruling.

George Barris, who created the Batmobile through his work customizing cars, has died.

A Vietnam veteran tells NPR he was recently informed by the Department of Veterans Affairs that it believed he was dead. The VA's records for tens of thousands of other people remain flawed; agency officials say they don't know in many cases whether people are dead or alive.

The New England Patriots have recently been very lucky. NPR's Kelly McEvers and Robert Siegel explain the probability of the football team winning the last 19 out of 25 coin tosses.

Another performance to add to your to-do list this weekend was introduced by Philip Baldwin, conductor of the Spokane Youth Symphony. Philip talked about…

President Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline provoked cheers from environmental groups and a little bit of head scratching in the state of Texas.

NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews environmentalist Bill McKibben, who founded 350.org, about why he's celebrating Obama's veto of the Keystone XL pipeline, even though the next president can reverse it.

In this interview, Tony talks with Christopher Howell, Professor of English and Creative Writing at Eastern Washington University.