Lionsgate, which is distributing Francis Ford Coppola’s upcoming movie Megalopolis in the U.S., is apologizing for its latest promotional trailer. The studio pulled it down after it went up online on Wednesday. The film stars Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman. Coppola spent part...

The NPR Network will be reporting live from Chicago throughout the week bringing you the latest on the Democratic National Convention. Criticism toward the Democratic Party for not including a Palestinian speaker during their four-day convention is coming from across the party — including organized labor. The United Auto...

A Georgia couple has filed a lawsuit against an Atlanta hospital after they say hospital staff allegedly misplaced part of the husband’s skull following his brain surgery. In a lawsuit filed in a DeKalb County, Ga., court, Fernando and Maria Cluster say that staff at Emory University Hospital Midtown caused them "ongoing physical and emotional pain and suffering" and left them with thousands of dollars in medical bills.

The NPR Network will be reporting live from Chicago throughout the week bringing you the latest on the Democratic National Convention. As delegates gather on the convention floor today in Chicago, there’s a very clear fashion trend. Women are wearing white, in honor of the suffragists who fought to earn women the right to vote more than 100 years ago.

The NPR Network will be reporting live from Chicago throughout the week bringing you the latest on the Democratic National Convention. With the schedule for the last night of the DNC now out, here's who is expected to perform. ➡️ Here's who has performed at the third night of the...

State Rep. Anabel Figueroa is defending herself following antisemitic comments she made about her opponent leading up to this month’s Democratic primary — a primary that she lost. In a video of her remarks in a Spanish-language interview, she said: "We cannot permit a person who is of...

The United States has a long, rich and complicated maritime history, a history typically taught through the white-centric perspective. An exhibition at the nation's largest maritime museum wants visitors to see it in other ways, through Indigenous and African ties to the waterways of New England. Diane Orson of Connecticut Public Radio has more.

The NPR Network will be reporting live from Chicago throughout the week bringing you the latest on the Democratic National Convention. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said her Democratic National Convention speech will lay out the case for Vice President Kamala Harris’ candidacy from the perspective of a swing state governor.

As rent prices continue to climb in New Hampshire, a new law aims to cut down on the extra costs — for background checks, application fees and more — that are making things even more expensive for prospective tenants. The new law requires landlords to provide justification for...

It has been hot in Texas this week, with the heat index surpassing 110 degrees in many parts of the state. Cities are opening cooling centers. Nonprofits are passing out fans. But, you know, the state's power grid has held up despite longstanding concerns about the grid's readiness. KUT's Mose Buchele has this report.

One of the country's largest local news radio stations, WCBS Newsradio 880 in New York City, has announced it'll sign off for the last time on Aug. 26. The longstanding AM station will drop its iconic call letters, shifting to WHSQ, and flip to ESPN New York sports radio. The change marks the end of nearly six decades for WCBS as a trusted news source for the tri-state area. The station's parent company, Audacy, cited the ongoing challenges in the news industry as the reason for the change.

It's time now for our regular science news roundup with our friends at NPR's Short Wave podcast, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hey to both of you. EMILY KWONG, BYLINE: Hey, Ailsa. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: Hey, Ailsa. CHANG: So you've brought us three science stories that caught your attention this...

The gunman who fatally shot a New Hampshire Hospital security guard last fall obtained the weapon used in that incident after lying about his own mental health history on a federal firearms application, according to a newly released report from the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office. The report, released...

Clean up is underway in parts of Connecticut following severe storms and flooding recently that resulted in at least two deaths. It's the latest in a series of catastrophic weather events that have hit New England. Most recently, last month in Vermont, and last summer in Massachusetts and again in Vermont.

“I don't like to be stuck in the ‘R&B box,’ ” Tinashe told USA Today in 2014. By that point, “R&B” had come to feel almost like a pejorative to a certain kind of artist, particularly Black women experimenting with form. As Dawn Richard put it in 2017: “Being black and having a certain tone or look automatically makes people think you belong in one thing.” To accommodate those who bristled at being so reduced, a slippery phrase, conceived by an earlier generation, worked its way back into the discourse. The term “alternative R&B” came with its own baggage, but for a singer like Tinashe, the words could be seen as representative of a moment, if not a movement, where the dimensions of R&B were shifting along sonic and commercial lines. “I listen to a lot of indie/alternative music, a lot of hip-hop,” she told Vogue that same year. “I’m always online, always on blogs. I’m a music geek.” “Always online” quickly became a hallmark for those in the space, who now not only had music history at their fingertips, but could metabolize its essence at warp speed. Practically, the term that came to define them has never felt super-useful, simply because its catch-all stance makes comparison moot, effectively defeating the purpose of subgenre. But with hindsight, it can at least be seen as a tributary — the point from which a certain kind of avant-garde music still channels its spirit and values.

Severe weather devastated several communities in southwest Connecticut this week, with flood waters killing two people in Oxford and causing damage to more than two dozen state roads. Bridges, houses and businesses were also severely damaged by the storm. The magnitude of the weekend weather took many by surprise, but...

East Lyme residents gathered in the town hall cheered when the Board of Selectmen voted to form a Fair Rent Commission. The decision came weeks after a call to action by residents. The Board of Selectmen first began discussing the formation of a Fair Rent Commission after residents of a...

The NPR Network will be reporting live from Chicago throughout the week bringing you the latest on the Democratic National Convention. The pep rally is coming to an end as Democrats continue to run a truncated race to the election. Vice President Harris is accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination for president Thursday night in Chicago, the final day of the convention.

Lisa Shepperson, the 6th great granddaughter of Elizabeth Freeman, examines Freeman's gravestone in the Stockbridge, Massachusetts cemetery on August 21, 2024. Imagine getting a call that you are related to a freedom fighter from the 18th century. That's what happened to Lisa Shepperson, age 58, who recently learned she is a descendant of Elizabeth Freeman.

The NPR Network will be reporting live from Chicago throughout the week bringing you the latest on the Democratic National Convention. On a night featuring Oprah Winfrey, Stevie Wonder and former President Bill Clinton, it was young Gus Walz who created one of the most striking moments of the Democratic National Convention's third day in Chicago.