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Most of us know the story – or at least the basics – of the only successful coup d'état in American history. The 1898 Wilmington, NC massacre perpetrated by white supremacists which killed citizens, forced elected officials from office, and drove successful Black professionals out of the city. But documentary filmmaker Christopher Everett, who produced Wilmington On Fire in 2015, is working on Wilmington On Fire Part II. He's telling a new story of Black power, prosperity, and self-reliance fueling a resurgence of a thriving African American population in the port city.

The crossover hits stacking Grammy nods this year have little in common with the culture that birthed them — but they're winning the chart game.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Philip Goldberg, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea, about the tension surrounding President Yoon Suk Yeol's political future after he declared martial law.

Humpback whales will sometimes use an intricate strategy to catch food called bubble-net feeding. A new study suggests they're spreading the knowledge of how to do it to each other.

Smith's debut album ushered in a new era of rock and roll. Critic Ken Tucker reviews the new anniversary edition of Horses, plus we listen back to Terry Gross' 1996 and 2010 interviews with Smith.

N.C. Secretary of Health and Human Services Dev Sangvai visited Hendersonville to advocate for mental health and the state legislature to reinstate funding for the Healthy Opportunities Pilot (HOP) program which delivers food, housing support and more to low-income North Carolinians.

As a 7-year-old, Alfred Schnog watched through hotel room curtains as the Nazis gleefully destroyed Jewish-owned businesses. His parents had encouraged their young boys to watch and told them to never forget what they were seeing. He never did forget. And he told us the story 2018. He passed away the very next year, in 2019, three days after the 81st anniversary of Kristallnacht – that Night of Broken Glass.

In theaters this weekend: A live-action How to Train Your Dragon, a matchmaker rom-com Materialists, an adaptation of Stephen King's The Life of Chuck, and Ana de Armas stars in a John Wick spin-off.

Over the last decade, more airlines have made goofy safety videos to keep passengers' attention. But do they really work?

Russian journalists in exile fight Russian propaganda, working for U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe from Latvia. But the Trump administration plans to cut funds is creating uncertainty.