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Bobbys were inescapable in music in the '50s and '60s: Bobby Sherman, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Darin and more. NPR critic Bob Mondello looks back to an era when everyone seemed to share his name.

It's the 40th anniversary of the superstar concert to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia — and of the creation of a U.S. program called FEWS NET to prevent future famines.

James prosecuted the president and his companies, winning millions of dollars in fines linked to fraud allegations. Her attorney called the probe "an attack on the rule of law."

Some of China's America watchers see opportunities for their country in the United States' retreat from international institutions. Others see distractions and pitfalls.

The far side of the moon looks very different from the near side, and with the Chang'e 6 mission, scientists are hoping to learn why.

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., discusses why he believes Trump and the Republican Party are scrambling to redistrict before the 2026 midterms and explains what Democrats are doing in response.

Don't get swindled while buying those last-minute gifts. Amy Nofziger, a fraud specialist with AARP, shares top schemes she's been seeing this season — and tips on how to protect yourself.

Camps in nature can be great for kids, but they can also expose campers to floods, wildfires and heat. Here are the top questions experts say people should ask camps about safety.

On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Precision meets pulse in Seven Eleven — a hypnotic piece by Swiss composer Nik Bärtsch, known for fusing minimalism, jazz, and groove into something entirely his own. Built on interlocking rhythmic cycles, the music moves with the quiet intensity of a ritual: calculated, entrancing, and alive in the hands of percussion.Then: For composer Sinan C. Savaşkan, The Sleep of Reason began as a dreamlike hallucination — a looping, microtonal tune he couldn’t shake on a tense overnight bus ride through London. That experience, alongside memories of Goya’s eerie etching The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, evolved into a solo flute piece full of shadows, symbols, and unresolved questions.

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.