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This week the D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va., received audio recordings of a reporter narrating the landing in France. A homeowner found them in the house he bought where they had been for 75 years.

The U.S. Postal Service has unveiled a "forever" stamp collection featuring illustrations from the 1962 children's book The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.

Nose hair trimmers, bad lasagna and dead flowers: Valentine's Day stories of gifts gone wrong.

Considering the satin-voiced singer's fourth record,Normal as Blueberry Pie, was a tribute to Doris Day, we put McKay in the puzzle hot seat for a quiz about the legendary actress and singer. Plus, hear what vinyl she's currently spinning, and why she brought a pair of leopard-print, "second-hand love cuffs" to the show.

Mayor Marty Walsh was among those who called out the online retailer for not offering the service in a centrally located, predominantly black community.

President Trump has been tweeting, but his schedule has been empty since the election, and he hasn't spoken publicly since Thursday. He will visit Arlington National Cemetery to mark Veterans Day.

NPR offers highlights from inside the room during the third day of the confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ten-year-old Alex Harris loves the Macy's parade. His parents surprised him with tickets to New York and they had contacted Macy's, which arranged for him to have a front-row seat.

For the Electric Coney Second Annual Labor Day 0.5K in D.C., runners will jog back and forth between two bars. Whoever unwraps a hot dog covered in edible gold foil will be declared the winner.

After the Emancipation Proclamation, some slave owners kept the news from their slaves. In a 1941 recording, a former slave recalls June 19, 1865, when slaves in Texas were told they were free.