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From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for navigation — but windows into history, culture, and how we see the world.

This Democracy Day, we discuss the state of political volatility following the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

The 32-year-old son of famed director Rob Reiner is being held without bail. Los Angeles authorities say the charges against him carry a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Professor Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, "Slow Poison." The book is a firsthand report on the tragic unraveling of Uganda's struggle for independence.

After a contentious discussion, the vaccine advisory group pushed the vote to Friday to give members time to study the language of proposed changes longstanding policy on the shots.

The U.S. has registered over half a million clinical trials since 2000. Here's a look at the business and ethics of human medical experimentation through the eyes of a volunteer.

Join us for a special Art Break with Dawn Williams Boyd, a celebrated visual storyteller whose richly layered textile work, "Piscean Dancer," is featured in "Layered Narratives - Quilted Stories of Gender and Race at the 1876 Centennial." A working artist for over five decades as a daughter, sister, wife, mother, and grandmother, Boyd brings deep personal experience and fierce conviction to every piece she creates. In this talk, she’ll reflect on her creative journey, from discovering her calling in a high school biology lab to finding her voice through fabric, inspired in part by the legendary Faith Ringgold. Dawn Williams Boyd (b. 1952) Neptune, New Jersey. Boyd lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. Her self-described narrative “cloth paintings” chronicle seminal moments in American history. Boyd’s work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY; Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, AL; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL; Columbus Museum in Columbus, GA; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY. Boyd’s work has been exhibited at Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC; Southwest Art Center, Atlanta, GA; Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta, GA; Bulloch Hall, Roswell, GA; Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA; Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA; Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; The Dodd Galleries at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA; the Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY; and Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. Boyd is represented by Fort Gansevoort, New York Mingei International Museum on Facebook / Instagram

Australia, like other countries, has seen a rise in antisemitic attacks since the start of the war in Gaza.

As María Corina Machado is set to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the Venezuelan opposition leader is betting everything on her prediction of an imminent political transition.

Of the original nine schools that received the Trump administration's Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, the majority have indicated they are not planning on signing.