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In preparation for a book about Abraham Lincoln's life at the end of the Civil War, historian Noah Andre Trudeau is in search of witnesses. The last week of Lincoln's life in April 1865 is a largely unexamined period. Trudeau is seeking diary entries, letters or stories of people who encountered Lincoln at the time.

Over the course of 17 years, a man named Tim Friede, allowed himself to be bitten by deadly snakes like black mambas and water cobras hundreds of times.

Some people treasure family recipes so much that they've etched the recipes into their gravestones.

The Lumbee Tribe has been pushing for federal recognition for over a century. Last week, they finally achieved that goal through the passage of a defense bill in Congress. But not all tribes are happy about the recognition.

The Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members are being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers after raids in Minneapolis.

Congressional leaders called it a "rare honor" for the Arizona Senator, who died Saturday. Fewer than three dozen people have received this honor, reserved for the nation's "most eminent citizens."

Years ago, John Sonsini began approaching men in Los Angeles who were looking for work — and offering them modeling jobs. The results are on view in a show called Cowboy Stories & New Paintings.

House impeachment managers press the Senate to call the former national security adviser to testify, after aNew York Times report said Trump tied Ukraine aid to investigation of his political rivals.

Federal Reserve policymakers are announcing that the Fed plans to leave short-term interest rates at a level near zero. This, despite an economy that grew at a surprisingly strong 4 percent annual rate in the most recent quarter.

Lourdes Garcia Navarro speaks with John Cox, an airline safety expert and former commercial pilot, about Saturday's disappearance of an AirAsia flight over the Java Sea.

The number of people covered by health insurance also ticked up. The bureau says the income growth is driven by more people finding jobs rather than increases in salaries.

Farmers are fearful of retaliation from China to the tariffs President Trump imposed on aluminum and steel. American Soybean Association president John Heisdorffer speaks with NPR's Sarah McCammon about a letter he sent to Trump this week urging him to change his mind.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with John Podhoretz of Commentary Magazine about the contest for the Republican presidential nomination and the growing chances for a contested GOP convention.

The air marshal program established after 9/11 is still around and has cost $9 billion. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Congressman John Duncan about whether we should scrap the program.

John Koethe explores the minutia of daily life and the disillusionment that comes with age in his tenth volume of poetry, The Swimmer.

The two players who tackled a referee during a football game earlier this month said assistant coach Mack Breed instructed them to do so. He said he never intended for the players to hit the referee.

Two-thirds of the sum will be set aside to compensate U.S. owners of nearly 500,000 VW diesel cars. The company will also pay $2.7 billion into an environmental remediation fund.

Job growth was at a crawl in May, according to the government's monthly report released Friday; only 38,000 new jobs were added to payrolls. But unemployment fell to it's lowest level since 2007.

John Henry Adams was psyched. Beyond excited. He could feel a new life. In comments made for a WYPR news story, Adams was asked if he had any pressing...

In the new comedy Fading Gigolo, John Turturro plays the title character, and Woody Allen plays his pimp. This story was originally broadcast onAll Things Consideredon April 18, 2014.