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Labor Secretary Alex Acosta is resigning amid furor over the deal he cut with Jeffrey Epstein when he was a federal prosecutor in Miami.

NASA has mapped changes in the ground's position caused by the recent earthquakes — and it happens to look like beautiful, psychedelic art.

Bouton, who died Wednesday, spoke to Fresh Air in 1986 about his 1970 tell-all memoir, in which he drew on his seven years with the New York Yankees to offer an insider's guide to baseball.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker canceled an upcoming performance by the band Confederate Railroad at the DuQuoin State Fair. The move was not all that surprising,…

In 2018, all 30 MLB teams extended their netting over stadium dugouts. The protective measure has not done enough to safeguard fans from dangerous foul ball injuries.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to acclaimed novelist Colson Whitehead about his new novel, The Nickel Boys, which is based on the horrors of a real juvenile reformatory academy.

Actor Steven Skybell and director Joel Grey discuss a new Yiddish language version of Fiddler on the Roof. Justin Chang reviews Midsommar. Tracy Edwards raced around the world with an all-women crew.

Jim Bouton, the baseball player who spilled the dirt on the Major Leagues with his celebrated memoir, Ball Four, died this week at the age of 80.

In California, the legislature is allocating $650 million to combat a growing homelessness problem. But mayors in California cities requested $2 billion.

Lawmakers in Alaska are running out of options when it comes to stopping more than $400 million in cuts to the state budget which would affect mental health, education, elderly and child care funding.