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The screenwriter and director was best known for his autobiographical films Distant Voices, Still Lives and The Long Day Closes.

The Powerball jackpot increased to an estimated $865 million after no one won Monday night's drawing, continuing a winless streak that dates to New Year's Day.

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $975 million after no one matched the six numbers drawn Saturday night, continuing a nearly three-month stretch without a big winner.

On Friday — the day Swift released her 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department — she smashed the all-time Spotify record for most album streams in a single day, with more than 300 million.

NPR is tracking elected Democrats who have weighed in on whether President Biden should remain in the race for re-election.

Surviving members of America's first all-black combat flying unit, the Tuskegee Airmen, are awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. The ceremony includes thanks from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a salute from President Bush.

Grassley, 90, will return to work "as soon as possible following doctors' orders," his office said in a statement. The statement did not give any additional details about his condition.

Most people don't expect to work beyond retirement age, but for a growing number of older people, it's a reality. Almost a third of Americans between the ages of 65 and 70 are still working. For those 75 years and older, 7 percent are still on the job. An NPR series profiles some of these working seniors.

The Grammy Award-winner's track comes in run up to the March 15 release of his new album, Everything I Thought It Was.

McDonald opens up about his life and career in a new memoir. Justin Chang reviews Furiosa. Journalist Eric Schlosser says we're "basically guinea pigs" for a new form of industrialized food.