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Instead of drifting gently onto Mars' surface, the Schiaparelli Mars lander hit the planet hard — and possibly exploded, the European Space Agency says.

Violence against LGBTQ people has a long history in America, culminating in last week's mass murder of 49 people at a gay dance cub in Orlando.The carnage…

Produced in 1994 by NPR and the Smithsonian Institution, Wade in the Water is a 26-part documentary series detailing the history of American gospel music and its impact on soul, jazz and R&B.

Jon Batiste was born for show business. Hear him play an intimate set in New York and on our radio show as we trace his story to his current gig as band leader of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

In 1893, before there were National Forests to manage public lands, homesteaders could claim timberland. Near Spikenard, Ore., along East Evans Creek, two…

Ask anyone who lived through the 1960s about the most turbulent year of the decade, and they might say 1968: multiple assassinations, riots, and the…

If there is such a thing as foxhole humor, this story records one lonely soldier’s attempt to cheer up his grandmother, Mrs. Albert Allen in Central…

Over the years, Klamath County has had its share of difficulties keeping criminals safely confined. The county’s first jail, made of sandstone blocks in…

A former member of an elite Thai navy unit died while returning from placing oxygen canisters in the cave where 12 boys and their coach have been trapped.

A fire at a warehouse in Oakland, California — the scene of a large party Friday night — has killed at least nine people.