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As a young immigrant to the U.S., Karen Zacarías was moved by the classic Western novel "Shane." Now an accomplished playwright, she has adapted the story for the stage, reimagining the coming-of-age tale with more cultural accuracy. Zacarías joins director Blake Robison in a conversation with JPR’s Vanessa Finney to discuss the creative and collaborative process behind the adaptation.

A federal indictment accuses seven Californians of stealing approximately $100 million worth of gold, precious gems and luxury watches from an armored semitruck leaving a jewelry show in 2022.

President Trump wants to reframe how the country's stories are told. But historians are pushing back, saying the administration's actions amount to an attack on core institutions — and on history itself.

The government plans to call Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg to the witness stand. The trial is expected to run nearly two months in a federal courtroom in Washington.

Indigenous natives know the generational history and culture of this land.

Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology's Chelsea Rose returns, bringing back James Delgado to talk about the discovery of Shackleton's ship; Endurance.

It was a week that saw not only more twists in the tariffs saga but also Trump's big Hill address, the suspension of aid to Ukraine, more firings at agencies, and more. NPR keeps track, day by day.

With his address clocking in at more than 90 minutes, President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress is the longest speech of its kind in at least sixty years.

A new dinosaur has been discovered in Utah by North Carolina researchers and paleontologists. They believe it was a burrowing species.

At the northern end of the Black Sea, Crimea sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, having been at various times in its long history either coveted, conquered or controlled by various powers.