One of Rio's most storied Samba schools will explore the "Pain and Passion" of the lives of the Bantu people in the city. Bantu people were the majority of Black people enslaved in Rio.

"A Thousand Blows" is set in 1880s London and features bare-knuckle boxing and an all-female crime gang. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Stephen Graham, who plays aging boxer Henry "Sugar" Goodson.

Musician Aloe Blacc says his mission is to sing about positivity and beauty. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with him about his new album, "Stand Together." ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Li Zhang, professor of physiology and neuroscience at USC's Keck School of Medicine, how mice perform first aid on each other.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Jeremy Konyndyk, who oversaw USAID's response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, if cuts to the agency leave the U.S. more vulnerable to infectious disease.

Punk pioneer David Johansen of the New York Dolls died Feb. 28 at his home in New York City. He was 75.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Inside Climate News' Nicholas Kusnetz why big oil and gas companies are now backtracking on commitments to clean energy production.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., about U.S.-Ukraine policy following Friday's combative meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelenskyy.

The U.S. Agricultural Department has announced a new effort to fight bird flu. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Leah Douglas, agriculture and energy reporter at Reuters, about the $1 billion plan.

Britain, France and Ukraine have agreed to work on a ceasefire plan to present to the U.S., British Prime Minister Keir ...

Delivered the day before he was acquitted in his first impeachment case, and as COVID began to spread, President Trump's 2020 ...

A private lunar lander carrying a drill and other experiments for NASA touched down on the moon Sunday, the latest in a string of companies looking to kickstart business on the celestial neighbor.