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Most Memorial Day services across the country will feature a short, serene tune that dates back to the Civil War.

The sportswriter was a mainstay on Morning Edition for 37 years, applying his keen wit and incisive eye to games of every stripe. Deford died Sunday, just weeks after hanging up his cleats with NPR.

In some cases, the job of composer might be going the way of typewriter repairman and bowling pinsetter as software creates music more cheaply and quickly than humans. Can you hear the difference?

In his first Memorial Day speech as commander in chief, President Trump paid tribute to those who died in service to the country, and thanked the families who sacrificed their loved ones.

Driven by a profound regret for his votes to authorize the wars in the Middle East, Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., is leading a bipartisan effort to pull the U.S. military out of Afghanistan.

If we are committed to combating "alternate facts" in science — as we should be — then we must also combat the alternative theories that license them, says guest blogger Andrew Shtulman.

The affliction known as senioritis isn't just about slacking off, and it isn't just for high schoolers ready to head off to college.

Monday marks the 100th birthday of President John F. Kennedy, and Cape Cod is where JFK's legacy is probably still the most visible today.

In Portland, Oregon, the man arrested and charged in the fatal stabbing of two men and the injury of a third will be arraigned Tuesday.

In 2015, Japan signed an agreement giving $8.3 million to the few surviving comfort women. But South Korea's new president, Moon Jae-in, now says it's something his people "cannot emotionally accept."