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A critical quote about Malcolm X that has been attributed to King has been taught for decades. But King didn't say the words that appeared in an article by Alex Haley, says biographer Jonathan Eig.

The need for humanitarian aid in Gaza is enormous, but trying to decipher how much aid is getting into the territory and where it's going can be tricky.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against President Trump on Tuesday, refusing to reinstate, for now, Trump's ability to send National Guard troops into the state of Illinois over the objections of the governor.

The Kentucky senator wished his 1.86 million Twitter followers a "Happy Festivus" — a made-up holiday meant to poke fun at the commercialization of Christmas.

College freshman Lauren Hill has a rare form of brain cancer. One of her dying wishes was to play college basketball, and the NCAA allowed a game to be moved up by two weeks so she could.

On the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's murder, Steve Inskeep has a remembrance from Lennon's appearance on The Dick Cavett Show in 1971. The late Beatle was shot and killed outside his New York apartment on December 8, 1980.

In the new collection Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, author Zadie Smith explores her writing process and the people who have influenced her. Smith tells NPR she doesn't write every day, though she wishes she did — and that she used writing as a way to mourn her father.

Aretha Franklin died in 2018 and her children have been locked in a legal battle over her will. A Michigan probate court ruled a four-page, hand-written document can legally be considered her will.

In the film, Macaulay Culkin's character makes his way to a house at 51 West 95th Street, where he battles bandits. Scenes were shot at a studio but tourists take photos in front of the real building.

Nearing the anniversary of the coup attempt, Fethullah Gulen tells NPR's Robert Siegel that if he were to be extradited, he'd "go willingly." As for Turkey's president: "I want to spit in his face."