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Parks across the country are celebrating the 200th anniversary of Fredrick Law Olmsted's birth. Olmsted designed a number of parks in the U.S., including New York's crown jewel, Central Park.

Ron Hansen's latest novel, A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion, fictionalizes an infamous crime of sexual transgression. In 1927, Ruth Snyder killed her husband, Albert, after falling in love with a lingerie salesman. Hansen's sexy fictionalization of the real-life murder sizzles with the spirit of the Roaring '20s.

This is the sound of an artist laying it all on the line.

Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about Frances Tiafoe's milestone at the U.S. Open and the end of the WBNA season.

Ten years ago when 12 people died in the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., leaders promised mental health system reforms. But established providers fought to maintain the status quo.

After the shocking cardiac arrest of Damar Hamlin on Monday, the NFL will try and play games this weekend, but will not finish the game in which he collapsed.

Fringe websites, a tech CEO and members of Congress all spread false claims about the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband. The strains of narratives that they leverage are anything but new.

In 2023 Illinois lawmakers will push to pass a ban on assault weapons, months after the Highland Park parade shooting left seven dead and more injured.

Richmond, Va., is one of the nearly 50 cities that has won a grant from the federal government as it tries to repair some of the damage done to neighborhoods from building highways.

Author Lizzy Stark's new book takes a look at the history and many uses of the egg throughout the world.