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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with sports correspondent Tom Goldman about the big sports stories of the week.

First established in 1871, the Bogus School in Siskiyou County, Calif., has closed and reopened several times. Saleen Heckle was an early teacher during…

In 1845, Hoy Flournoy emigrated from Missouri to Douglas County and a year later joined a Jesse Applegate survey party that slowly moved south for six…

Women from Iraq's Yazidi minority get together to perform centuries-old sacred songs. They've survived captivity by ISIS and loved ones' deaths. "They are trying to heal," says a Yazidi politician.

During the Civil War, the Army sent four cannons to Oregon, one of them to Jacksonville. It never fired in a war, but figured often at Fourth of July…

The Winter Olympics make alpine sports seem like fun and games, but skiers and snowboarders often don’t consider the risks. Now, new avalanche technology…

Scientists say new hazards are emerging, although they can't say when the eruption may end, leaving more than 1,000 residents in limbo.

Researchers discovered ancient "beer-making tool kits" in underground rooms built between 3400 and 2900 B.C. Analyses of funnels, pots and jugs show the brewers were using pretty advanced techniques.

This is the first time that the New York Philharmonic has been forced to cancel its entire concert season. No previously scheduled concerts will happen before June 2021.

The Appalachian Trail is at the center of a legal case before the Supreme Court on Monday involving a proposed gas pipeline. Trail officials say it has become a football between the case's two sides.