The fireworks show will also go on, organizers said. Attendees gathered at the National Mall to mark America's 250th birthday ...

LOW CUT CONNIE: (Singing) Ain't got no shoes. Ain't got no clothes. Throwing our phones down a toilet bowl. Get down. Pretty, pretty get down (ph). SIMON: That's "Get Down" from Low Cut Connie's new ...

President Trump spoke at Mount Rushmore Friday before returning to Washington, D.C., and the Independence Day festivities there.

Now a year since catastrophic flooding in neighboring parts of the Texas Hill Country, two communities have taken two very different paths to recovery.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Kathleen Rooney about her book, "Man Overboard!," and about finding the energy to overcome doubt.

One of the birthplaces of American music is Congo Square in New Orleans, where enslaved people gathered to sing, dance, drum, and preserve their traditions.

Families will be heading to the beach for the summer. But how do you build an epic sandcastle? NPR's Scott Simon asks sand sculptor, Dean Arscott, for some tips.

President Trump ushered in America's 250th anniversary with a darkly political speech that swerved from the typically ...

The town’s 2026 Water Master Plan, adopted last week by Trustees at the Estes Park Town Board meeting, concludes that ...

Spread by parasitic worms that can infect via a splash of water, schistosomiasis causes debilitating symptoms. It hits kids ...

Khamenei, who ruled Iran for more than three decades, was killed in an airstrike on Feb. 28 at the start of the U.S.-Israeli ...

The shake-up is believed to be an effort to ensure the military's loyalty to the Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping.