Search results for

After 15 months war, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect on Sunday morning.

The finals of the Poetry Out Loud high school poetry competition take place in Washington, D.C., this week. NPR asked some of this year's competitors about how to master a poem.

Brian Fennessy, new head of the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, says his agency is 'trying to bring on additional aircraft and bring them on early,' and dismisses criticism of prevention methods.

The local clown collective hopes to foster a sense of playfulness and community, encourage audience participation and embrace the absurdity of clowning.

California sees maybe one fatal rattlesnake bite a year. So far this year, there've been three.

Film critic Justin Chang picks his top 12 movies of the year, pairing them thematically, from Call Me By Your Name and The Florida Project, to War For The Planet of the Apes and Dunkirk.

NPR's Kelsey Snell speaks with Emily Benfer, an expert in housing law, about the federal eviction moratorium that is set to expire tonight.

Andy Sachs returns to Runway in a timely but unconvincing story about saving the magazine.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with hosts of NPR's science podcast, Short Wave about Saturn's moon Enceladus, a tiny 'quasi-moon' near Earth's orbit, and how spaceflight affects astronauts' brains.

Nanjiani and Gordon created a film about their very unusual courtship called The Big Sick, so we've invited them to answer three questions about Big Bird. Originally broadcast April 4, 2010.