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If the pandemic has taught us anything at all it’s this: it’s really hard to look good in a mask. Doesn’t matter how attractive you are, if half your face…

Writer Mark Vaz's new book is Living Dangerously: The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong. Cooper was an explorer, war hero, filmmaker and cinema pioneer. A new biography tells of this larger-than-life personality.

A new mask for singers has been developed and tested by the San Francisco Opera in collaboration with medics and researchers. The company is testing it in rehearsals for its first post-pandemic show.

A midlevel New York court has upheld the state Health Department's 2013 requirement that medical personnel get vaccinations or wear masks during flu…

As part of a series of conversations with soldiers stationed in Iraq, NPR's Scott Simon talks with Sgt. Phillip Riley about this week's announcement that troops will be staying on longer tours of duty.

Oliver Stone, known for sweeping films about contemporary America, from Wall Street to JFK to Nixon, tells a much tighter story in World Trade Center. He talks about working with a script based on conversations with the men involved in a gripping story of survival.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports on a controversy over a historic piece of land in Mexico. A foreign landowner has barred public access to part of her property considered by archeologists to be vital to exploring the country's heritage.

Host Lisa Simeone talks with NPR's Gerry Hadden about the end of the Zapatistas' trek to the capital to push for legislation that will guarantee the rights of indigenous people.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from Guatemala, one of the world's leading centers for international adoptions. Americans are turning more often to Latin America to adopt, and most are arranged legally, but there are problems.

As more become known about the highly contagious delta variant, new guidance calls for changes to masking policy for schools and with vaccinated people.