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Myron Rolle, the starting strong safety for the Florida State Seminoles, has been awarded the Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford University. The pre-med student had to miss part of Saturday's game against Maryland because he was being interviewed for the scholarship.

Over the course of the summer, we're sailing with Captain Fatty Goodlander, editor-at-large of Cruising World magazine. He's sailing the Pacific Ocean now and sends a communique from aboard his sailboat about his favorite watery destinations: two atolls in the middle of the Pacific.

Many listeners responded angrily to the report Tuesday on how law enforcement is preparing for a spike in white supremacist activity if Barack Obama becomes president.

Legendary folk singer and activist Pete Seeger, who turns 90 years old today, leaves us with a few parting words.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Pat Benatar and her husband Neil Giraldo about their 35 years as a music-business power couple.

Pakistanis angry over President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of the country's chief justice hold their largest demonstration yet.

April 13, 2024. Mansfield Female College was founded by the Methodist Church in the 1850s in Mansfield, La., less than a decade after the town of Mansfield was established. Its first students were the daughters of wealthy Southern planters, who wanted their daughters to obtain higher education.

Surviving members of America's first all-black combat flying unit, the Tuskegee Airmen, are awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. The ceremony includes thanks from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a salute from President Bush.

CEOs of four Big Tech companies testified Wednesday before Congress in an antitrust hearing. They faced questions on issues of censorship, free speech and monopoly.

McDonald opens up about his life and career in a new memoir. Justin Chang reviews Furiosa. Journalist Eric Schlosser says we're "basically guinea pigs" for a new form of industrialized food.