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Dunye's 1996 debut, The Watermelon Woman, is being added to the Criterion Collection. It's a long overdue honor for the filmmaker who shaped how Black LGBTQ+ stories are told.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino about finding transcendence in religion, psychedelic drugs and parenthood.

Convenient as it may be, beware of getting your blood drawn at a hospital. As one Texas woman discovered, the cost could be higher than at an independent lab, and your insurance might not cover it.

Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson, a relatively unknown member of the House GOP conference, has been elected Speaker of the House.

Patients who have digestive symptoms only after eating red meat may have developed an allergy caused by ticks. The CDC says hundreds of thousands of people may have been affected over the past decade.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the country's most influential leaders, has died at 84. The founder and long-time leader of the Rainbow-Push Coalition ran for president twice and inspired millions.

An unpredictable and exciting college football season is coming to a close. This weekend's first-round slate is set up for two tight games and two blowouts — but in the playoffs, anything goes.

Marty Reisman was nicknamed "The Needle" for his slender physique. He dressed well and put on a show.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Alan Leventhal, a former U.S. ambassador to Denmark, about developments following President Trump's speech in Davos.

Pierre L'Enfant was a lowly French engineer when he met George Washington at Valley Forge. Washington recruited him to make the design for the nation's new capital city. L'Enfant made the plans, but his personality was so abrasive, he was pushed out of the project.