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In 2008, NPR's Tom Cole was assigned to profile Elliott Carter for the composer's centennial. Cole was terrified. He needn't have been. To mark Carter's passing this past Monday at the age of 103, Cole has a remembrance of what it was like to meet the storied composer.

The Pennsylvania Dutch didn't invent the whoopie pie and other dubious tourist fare. Instead, they developed a complex, largely unknown cuisine that reflects the pressures and possibilities of becoming American.

Weather tales of the past remind us that others have had harsh winters, too.

After publishing an article by a proponent of intelligent design, scientist Richard Sternberg found himself the target of retaliation at the Smithsonian Institution. His case is probably the best-documented battle in the war between the vast majority of scientists and a tiny insurgency promoting an alternative to evolution.

Martin Luther King Day had a special significance in New Orleans this year. It was a day to remember the slain civil rights leader, but -- nearly five months after Hurricane Katrina -- it was also a day for renewal and frank discussion about what kind of city New Orleans should be.

Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton appeared together in, appropriately enough, Unity, New Hampshire on Friday in their first joint appearance since Clinton dropped out of the presidential race.

Isaias will bring high winds and heavy rains to Florida's east coast today. The storm brings the threat of flooding and power outages from downed trees.

A teacher concerned about her students' mental health takes them to Yellowstone National Park to relax, learn and experience the joy of nature.

Dozens of cases linked to a nightclub spurs officials to return to online schooling and indefinitely delay sports gatherings.

Simmered all day with a slug of fatback, brown beans have warmed many hardworking West Virginia miners. Kendra Bailey Morris shares memories of pintos and cornbread and her great-granny Charity.