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The traditional form of pizza making was recognized on Wednesday by the U.N.'s cultural arm. The designation is intended to safeguard and raise awareness about forms of cultural heritage.

Hundreds of cars that were stockpiled by a Chevrolet dealer in Nebraska are finally being sold — many for the first time. The Lambrecht Chevrolet collection stretches back to the 1950s and has drawn bids and interest from around the world.

In a new installment of Memories from the Hills of Home, Katie Laur pays homage to one of the most heard, most popular bluegrass songs ever recorded.…

NPR talks with Majed Al Ansari, adviser to Qatar's prime minister and official spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about Israeli strikes on Qatar targeting Hamas officials.

The Smithsonian Institution has named Kevin Gover the next director of the National Museum of the American Indian. Gover is a member of the Pawnee tribe and a former director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs during the Clinton administration.

The rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric has left many Muslims in New Jersey frustrated and frightened — and prompted Muslim community leaders to explain their religion and reassert their loyalty to the U.S.

Despite a massive marketing campaign, Pew research found just 16% of Americans have invested in or used cryptocurrency. Leila Fadel asks Blockchain Foundation's Cleve Mesidor why?

The history of how Italians integrated into America can be read, but it's more colorful when heard. Author Mark Rotella dissects the history of Italian-Americans through the songs they produced. Host Guy Raz talks with Rotella about how the songs of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin and others contributed to the progression of Italian integration into mainstream America.

Historian Alex Kershaw's latest book focuses on an American doctor and his family who worked with the French Resistance from their apartment just down Avenue Foch from the Paris SS headquarters.

After the Civil War, pursuing butterflies was more than a pastime for many Americans — it was a passion. In his book, Butterfly People, William Leach chronicles the infatuation, from its European roots and natural-history tradition to its eventual fall.