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Girls sit on a wall to get a good vantage point of people walking up the mountains with flaming torches and fireworks for Nowruz in Akre, the Kurdish region of Iraq on Friday.

Iraqi Kurds mark Nowruz, celebrating light over darkness

In the Kurdish regions of the Middle East, Nowruz celebrations — honoring the arrival of spring — are a fundamental expression of Kurdish identity.

Derek Brown begins making an alcohol-free cocktail.

A Mixologist's Guide To 'No-Proof' Cocktails

Alcohol-free cocktails are growing more popular as millennials and health seekers pare back their drinking habits. Washington, D.C., bartender Derek Brown shares a few craft recipes ripe for summer.

MIT, Yale, and other elite colleges are finally reaching out to rural students

Top colleges aim to create a diverse campus with students from all walks of life; so they're traveling to places they've neglected before: rural communities.

Dede Murphy and other local election workers say members of an election denier group camped out in the hallways of their county building and yelled in their faces. Some say they were followed home or put in physical danger. Election workers across 22 states tell NPR they've received threats or felt unsafe doing their jobs.

For election workers, Trump's lies have meant threats, harassment and a poisoned dog

Election workers across 22 different states told NPR they've received threats or felt unsafe doing their jobs, and many are worried for what the 2024 presidential election will bring.

When law enforcement officials failed to anticipate that pro-Trump supporters would devolve into a violent mob, they fell victim to what one expert calls "the invisible obvious." He said it was hard for authorities to see that people who looked like them could want to commit this kind of violence.

Why Didn't The FBI And DHS Produce A Threat Report Ahead of The Capitol Insurrection?

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security wrote detailed threat assessments before Black Lives Matter demonstrations last summer, but offered only general warnings before the events on Jan. 6.

In Memoriam 2025: The Musicians We Lost

D'Angelo. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. We lost these greats and so many more in 2025 — singers, producers, conductors and writers whose departures gave us a pang of loss, but whose art still lifts us up.

A picture of Kansas aviation pioneer Albin K. Longren’s 1914 bi-plane seen from a ramp built to make it more accessible to museum visitors.

Renovated Kansas Museum of History Reopens Saturday

After three years and $6 million worth of renovations, the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka will reopen to the public on Saturday. KPR's Jim McLean got a sneak preview of what's in store for visitors.

Toronto Blue Jays take a 3-2 lead over Los Angeles Dodgers in World Series

Trey Yesavage set a World Series rookie record with 12 strikeouts in a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers that moved them within one win of their first championship since 1993.

U.S. Presidential Election Turns France's Attention To Their Own Establishment

Marine Le Pen of the National Front Party congratulated Trump on his win. Scott Simon talks to Le Monde editorial director Sylvie Kauffmann about parallels between French and American politics.

Congress Is Back. Now What?

Congress returns this week and Republicans will take up the unresolved matter Speaker John Boehner's successor. And Hillary Clinton will go before the House Benghazi Committee. Cokie Roberts explains.

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