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Ermey was no stranger to military life. He was a U.S. Marine Corps staff sergeant and an honorary gunnery sergeant and served in Vietnam. He took up acting after 11 years in the Marines.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Mac McCoy, superintendent of the Lee County School System, about the ongoing tornado relief efforts in Alabama.

The black tarps are a gesture of the city's mourning for Heather Heyer, who was struck and killed by a driver while she was protesting against a white supremacist rally on Aug. 12.

It’s another edition of What Ya Got Cookin'? -- our occasional series featuring some of Baltimore’s best chefs and foodies, who take time away from their…

Back in 2001, the California representative was the only member of the House to vote against authorizing the war in Afghanistan.

Lee played for the Boston Red Sox in the 1970s and the Montreal Expos in the early 1980s. Known for his outspoken nature and unconventional left-handed pitch, he ended up with the nickname "Spaceman."

Lee reprises his 1986 film She's Gotta Have It in a new 10-part Netflix series. Though Frank packed his Netflix miniseries with train robberies and shootouts, Godless isn't exactly a typical Western.

The mayor and business leaders fear the affect on tourism

From SNL's Coneheads to Killer Bees, Broadway's Sweeney Todd and Candide, we remember Tony Award-winning costume designer Franne Lee who died on Aug. 27.

Boggs, famous for her role in helping shape the labor, civil rights and environmental movements in Detroit, has established a legacy of passionate and philosophical protest.

Though these songs may sound like they were inspired by the pandemic, Aaron Lee Tasjan's had an anxious mind since before the lockdown.

The Weekly Reader highlights humorous insights from beloved Young Adult author John Green, and solid writing advice from George Saunders.

We’ll go On the Record with Robert McCullough, Baltimore County’s new chief of police. McCullough began his career on the force as an 18-year old cadet. We ask about his plans to build community relationships and increase diversity in the department.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Lee Hamilton, the former congressman from Indiana, who has won the Presidential Medal Of Freedom. He says diplomacy should come before force in the fight against ISIS.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with poet Li-Young Lee about his new collection of poetry, The Undressing. The book explores love, violence and the confusion between those emotional states.

1 in 68 U.S. children have an Autism Spectrum Disorder. In Maryland, 1 in 60 children are on the Spectrum.These statistics were released this spring in a…

In a half-century of prolific creativity, the writer John Irving has produced 14 novels, including The World According to Garp (which won him a National…

It's What Ya Got Cookin' in the summer. Tom talks with Chef Gwyn Novak from Solomon's Island and John Shield's, owner of Gertrude's at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Popularized by his gripping thrillers, author John Grisham's latest book is his second work of non-fiction. Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions follows the stories of people falsely convicted of crimes, and the efforts to clear their names and return their freedom.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with American journalist Euna Lee about her four months in North Korea's labor camps and what recently detained American student Otto F. Warmbier might experience.