Today on Louisiana Considered, we break down politically-themed floats that rolled during Mardi Gras. We also hear why state ...

MILAN — Alysa Liu has won figure skating gold, the first U.S. woman to do so in over two decades. It's an ironic outcome for the 20-year-old, who said earlier this week that she wasn't motivated by a ...

Liu is the first American woman to win an individual figure skating gold medal since Sarah Hughes in 2002. Rachel Treisman (she/her) is a writer and editor for the Morning Edition live blog, which she ...

NPR's science podcast Short Wave talk about how ultrarunning affects the body, the trend of intermittent fasting and how to protect people's mental health when they talk with chatbots.

Archeologists found evidence that ancient Romans may have used a medical treatment involving perfume... and human feces.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Max Colchester about the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and the new details that have emerged in the Epstein files.

The International Paralympic Committee decided to allow six Russian and four Belarusian athletes to compete under their national flags in Italy. The decision has caused an outcry in Ukraine.

Disgraced, stripped of royal titles and now jailed. King Charles' brother Andrew has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. He denies wrongdoing.

Trump announced his plans to close the Kennedy Center entirely for two years "for Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding." The announcement came after many prominent artists canceled ...

Juana Summers is a political correspondent for NPR covering race, justice and politics. She has covered politics since 2010 for publications including Politico, CNN and The Associated Press. She got ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sky and Amanda Roberts, family members of the late Virginia Giuffre, now that the former Prince Andrew has been arrested by police in the U.K.

It is a big day on the ice with medal events in speed skating and women’s figure skating. Plus, Team USA is taking on Team Canada in the women's Olympic hockey gold medal game.