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The romantic drama Love Is Strange finds John Lithgow and Alfred Molina playing newly married men whose lives are upended and whose spaces are disrupted.

The leaders and members must, in a word, compromise. And on this occasion, Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi did just that, with skill and savvy.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts all nine symphonies this year. He spoke about the surprisingly political side of Beethoven's music with All Things Considered.

China's large and surprising devaluation of the yuan is rippling through financial markets. The devaluation could have an impact on the price of commodities and the exports of U.S. companies.

We rebroadcast another episode of our American Popular Song Series; this one will profile composer JEROME KERN. He wrote the songs "All the Things You are," "Can't Help Lovin' That Man," "I'm Old-Fashioned," "Ol' Man River," and "The Way You Look Tonight." A number of those songs are from the broadway musical "Showboat" which he wrote. We'll focus on the music he wrote before then, before 1927. Terry will talk with JOHN MCGLINN, an authority on Kern, and we'll hear performances by: REBECCA LUKER, who is currently starring in the broadway revival of "The Music Man", and who also starred in the revivals of "Showboat" and the "Sound of Music," GEORGE DVORSKY who sang leading roles in the New York City Opera's productions of "Cinderella" and Brigadoon." They'll be accompanied by WILLIAM HICKS, assistant conductor and assistant chorus master at the Metropolitan Opera. Original broadcast: 11/01/99 (THESE INTERVIEWS AND PERFORMANCES CONTINUE THRU THE END OF THE SHOW).12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:30:00...

Delegates to a United Nations wildlife conference have agreed to ease a 13-year-old global ban on ivory trading. The decision is a victory for southern African nations, but conservationists see it as a defeat for elephants. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

Igor Danchenko was taken into custody Thursday as part of special counsel John Durham's investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe.

In an interview on NPR's Morning Edition, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said U.S. special forces took precautions to spare civilians in the raid.

Researchers in England think the annoying whine of a mosquito may actually be a love song. Research suggests that certain kinds of male and female mosquitoes buzz in harmony before they mate.

Shanghai, China, is approaching the end of its third week of a near-total lockdown to fight COVID. As case numbers rise, so does the frustration of many in the city of more than 25 million people.

Hailing from Minnesota, Low made a name for itself by playing slow, intricate songs. The band's eighth album, Drums and Guns, presents hypnotic, textured drones that are punctuated with cranky guitars.

Peloton has hit the skids. The pandemic breakout brand will lay off 2,800 workers and replace its co-founder CEO John Foley. The company has faced takeover rumors by Amazon, Nike or Apple.

The Egyptian government is charging millions of dollars for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to house the King Tut exhibit. The result is a $30 per-person admission ticket. Despite the hefty price, exhibit organizers say the tickets are selling well.

Filipino poet Nick Carbó grew up in Manila, surrounded by American pop culture. He now writes about the oddness of being Asian in America. For Intersections, a Morning Edition series about artists and their inspirations, Carbó describes how John Wayne and other U.S. cultural icons helped shape his witty, often subversive point of view.

A prequel to John Carpenter's cult horror classic goes back to Antarctica to dig into mysteries the 1982 film was content to leave unresolved. Critic Ian Buckwalter says the earlier film might have had the right idea.

A submersible capable of taking tourists over 2 miles underwater to view the Titanic wreckage up close has gone missing.

A jury of six military officers at Guantanamo Bay convicted Osama bin Laden's driver Salim Hamdan of supporting terrorism in the first war crimes case in the U.S. since World War II. He was cleared of conspiracy charges, but faces the possibility of life in prison.

Voters from across the country respond to President Trump's State of the Union speech.

The last piece of published writing from one of America's greatest writers was a series of letters he sent back from the front lines of war at the age of 64. John Steinbeck's dispatches shocked readers and family so much that they've never been reprinted — until now.

Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby convened the 73rd term of the legislative body for its first meeting Thursday night and later announced his…