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Broadway star Hinton Battle, who played the original Scarecrow at the 1978 "The Wiz", has died at 67. He was a three-time Tony Award winner.

Just published this week: A portrait of the lucrative drug-treatment industry; a memoir of a female firefighter; debut fiction from an Emmy-winning TV writer; and a brand new Karin Slaughter thriller.

Pantone isn't the only color system of its kind. But thanks to an innovative founder and savvy marketing, it's become the industry standard.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Booker Prize-winning novelist Marlon James about his new HBO series set in Jamaica. It is called "Get Millie Black."

This week, Wait Wait is live in Kansas City with special guest Dionne Warwick, and panelists Josh Gondelman, Shantira Jackson, and Paula Poundstone

A wife and husband deal — or not — with tensions and conflicts from each spouse's parents while on vacation. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Weike Wang about her new novel, "Rental House."

Meet the people who make the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, where balloons fly and imaginations soar.

Long before the new movie "Wicked" made a sympathetic character of the Wicked Witch of the West, she was played by actress Margaret Hamilton in the classic film, The Wizard of Oz. But it was not easy being green. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on November 28, 2024.)

Grab your blanket, your cocoa, your snuggler of choice – holiday movie season has arrived. Here's a rundown of the standard and not-so-standard offerings you'll find on TV this year.

From predawn mall walkers and Cinnabon dough rollers to roller coaster riders and exhausted shoppers, these are the sounds of 24 hours at the U.S.'s largest mall.