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The list of nominees for the 80th Academy Awards are announced. No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood both earn eight nominations, leading the field.

The last time the monument's height was measured was in 1999. And with scaffolding in place for earthquake repairs, engineers have a rare opportunity to take official measurements of the iconic obelisk.

Scott Simon speaks with independent journalist Marcy Wheeler, who covers national security, about the latest developments in the Jan. 6 insurrection trial.

Hartford, Connecticut, is one of the 25 most energy-efficient cities in America. That’s according to the 2019 scorecard from the American Council for an…

Also: George Saunders wins the Story Prize; and the murder trial continues for "blade runner" Oscar Pistorius.

A survey of fitness professionals who keep track of how we exercise suggests 2018 is likely to find more of us trading fitness gadgets for high-intensity interval training and group classes.

The largest number of deaths have come in the United States, Brazil, Mexico, India and the United Kingdom. The pandemic death toll reached 1 million in September 2020 and 2 million in January.

The massively popular BBC show, Top Gear, relaunches Monday on BBC America. Following the painfully public downfall of its former host, the new hosts have big gears to grind.

President Bush meets with Brazil's leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the White House. Market reform talks are on the table with the key South American trading partner. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

Recent polls show that health care concerns and associated economic anxiety are approaching the war in terms of importance as a campaign issue. What positions are the presidential candidates staking out?