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Michael Rapaport set out to be a pro basketball player. Instead, he became an actor and rabid sports fan. "Sports is one of the only safe places where you can articulate your emotions," he tells NPR.

Halloween is a time for surprises, so it's a great time for Satania, by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët — it's a thoroughly surprising story about a young girl searching for her missing brother.

The actor's new collection of short fiction — his debut book as an author — is called Uncommon Type, and each story has something to do with the machine close to his heart.

Before surgeons accepted germ theory, operations often killed patients. All Things Considered host Robert Siegel talks with the author of a new biography of antiseptic advocate Joseph Lister.

In Guatemala, the race for the Presidency has taken a surprising twist: A left-wing, anti-corruption candidate has confounded all expectations and secured a place in the runoff vote in August.

Colorado's attorney general and others expect lawsuits following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that allowed a Colorado web designer to refuse service to gay couples.

The London-born star, whose British accent and natural style charmed her adopted country of France, died on Sunday. Her fame rivals the Hermès luxury handbags named after her.

The composer's operas for TV completely rethought the structures of the old European model for a new generation.

The Dictionary of American Regional English is a multivolume collection of the nation's linguistic treasures — from pipjennies to mumble squibbles. Now, five decades after its inception, the final volume, containing words S to Z, is almost ready to be published.

Johnny Itliong grew up in California's grape fields. His father Larry Itliong helped lead the Delano Grape Strike in 1965. Johnny came to StoryCorps to share stories about his dad with his own son.