The session musician’s ubiquitous drums beat a path through rock history. As a member of the Wrecking Crew, Blaine can be heard backing everyone from Frank Sinatra to Neil Diamond and the Beach Boys.

Former Vice President Joe Biden addressed a friendly crowd of union firefighters as he appears on the verge of launching a campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

There are outbreaks in rich countries and poor countries, from the United States to Madagascar. And the World Health Organization says vaccine hesitancy is a top 10 threat to global health.

NPR’s Morning Edition wants to hear from retail workers across the country as part of an upcoming series.

Lee Spencer is not only the first amputee to make the journey solo, he also crushed the able-bodied record by 36 days. “No one should be defined by disability,” he said.

About 7.6 million adults 25 and over attended college in 2018. Among them are a mother of four, a Navy vet and a grandmother finishing what she started more than four decades ago.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. plans to withdraw all remaining embassy personnel this week. The country has been wracked with power outages, and President Nicolás Maduro blamed the U.S.

It may be the last thing on your mind when you’re seeing an artist, but sound pressure levels at a live show can seriously impact long-term hearing. Tiny Desk engineer Josh Rogosin is here to help.

Although federal law prohibits health insurance plans from discriminating against transgender individuals, a Georgia county specifically excludes trans-related health care from coverage.

The rallies follow a bill to cut Russia off from the global Internet. Demonstrators on Sunday chanted, “Hands off the Internet.” About two dozen people were arrested.

The charges against Christopher Hasson focus on his stockpiling of weapons and possession of drugs. Authorities say he holds extremist views and he planned violence.

Blacks and Hispanics are exposed to higher levels of air pollution than whites, yet whites consume more of the goods and services that cause it, according to new research.

She was found in her dorm at Stanford University last week. Her family says it was suicide. “She saw herself as a warrior, and it was do or die,” her sister, Christine Catlin, tells NPR.

The remark made less than a month before Israeli legislative elections prompted many people — including Israel’s president and the star of Wonder Woman — to defend Israel’s Palestinian Arab minority.

The decision to hold the 2020 Democratic National Convention in Wisconsin is a symbolic choice for a party that’s been working to reverse its 2016 losses in the industrial Midwest.

Ordained Episcopal priest Barbara Brown Taylor says that teaching the different religions of the world changed her students’ understanding of faith — as well as her own.

The model has been involved in two deadly crashes in less than five months. An analyst says the crashes are unlikely to drastically affect Boeing’s sales since the planes are ordered years in advance.

It’s the second disaster involving a Max 8 aircraft in less than six months, prompting China and several other countries to ground their fleets of the planes.

President Trump’s 2020 budget proposal, released on Monday, calls for $8.6 billion in new border wall funding, along with increased military spending and deep cuts to domestic programs.

Yes, it’s been said before, but this time it looks to be real. Britain’s Parliament is scheduled to hold crucial votes that will clarify what happens next. Here’s what to know.

Silicon Valley has emerged early as a presidential campaign issue among Democrats at SXSW. Calls to regulate tech put the party in an awkward position, given its reliance on tech donors.

Salvatore Scibona’s new novel is a generational saga, an epic of Vietnam and other places rendered in language that makes even simple things sound mythic. But first, a boy is abandoned at an airport.

A tiny fraction of American women choose home birth, but that number is inching up. And in some social circles it’s downright trendy. One pregnant woman investigates the pros and cons.

Getting DNA into plant cells is tricky. Researchers have tried using infectious bacteria, as well as gene guns that shoot gold bullets. Then a physicist came up with a new approach almost by accident.

Jennifer Carrieri’s twin was shot and murdered in an empty parking lot in 1996, but nobody knows why. This year, Carrieri put up billboards in Baltimore, Md., in the hopes of solving the cold case.

The youth-led movement is protesting President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for re-election. The 82-year-old leader has been in power since 1999.

Many U.K. pubs are struggling to stay in business, so concerned villagers are banding together to stage a takeover.

The Indianapolis-based drugmaker said Monday that it would offer a generic version of Humalog insulin, one of its best-selling medicines. The move could help blunt criticism about high prices.

Pakistan has long supported militants fighting to its east in India and to its west in Afghanistan. The country says it’s cracking down on militants, but many critics are skeptical.

Brendan Johnston refused to compete against Jaslynn Gallegos because of her gender. Gallegos went on to place fifth but is frustrated to be treated differently as an athlete because she’s a girl.