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Actor Ncuti Gatwa at the premiere of the second season of the Netflix series Sex Education.

'Sex Education' actor Ncuti Gatwa will be the first Black lead in 'Doctor Who'

Gatwa, best known for the role of Eric Effiong in the Netflix series Sex Education, is the first Black person to be cast full-time in the starring role in the iconic BBC series.

Alexandra Patsavas, who supervises the music on the TV show The O.C., had high praise for Irish singer Gemma Hayes' The Roads Don't Love You.

The Best CDs You Didn't Hear This Year

Every year 35,000 new CDs are released. With all those artists clamoring for an audience, it's not surprising that some musical gems get overlooked. Three music business insiders share their picks for CDs that didn't get the attention they deserved.

Alyssa Nakken of the San Francisco Giants, left, became the first female on-field coach in league history during a game against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park on Tuesday in San Francisco.

Alyssa Nakken becomes the first woman to coach on the field in MLB history

Alyssa Nakken of the San Francisco Giants became the first woman to coach on the field in major league baseball history after regular first-base coach Antoan Richardson was ejected from the game.

A health care worker prepares the current COVID vaccine booster shots from Moderna in February. The company says a bivalent vaccine that combines the original strain with the omicron strain is the lead candidate for a fall vaccination campaign.

Moderna says its new 'bivalent' vaccine shows promise against COVID variants

The company says this version targets both the original coronavirus and the beta variant, and appears to provide broader and longer-lasting protection against different strains, including omicron.

The Race for Flight

A century ago, the Wright Brothers were working hard to develop the first manned flying machine. They weren't the only ones. One of their chief rivals was Samuel Pierpont Langley, an esteemed scientist and secretary of the Smithsonian Insitution. Author James Tobin tells Langley's story to NPR's Liane Hansen.

The CodeTalkers: A Language of Funk and Fun

The CodeTalkers don't look like your everyday jam band. But don't let the dark suits they wear in concert fool you. The Atlanta-based trio doesn't take itself too seriously, despite the formal attire.

The Drawbacks of Fighting Terrorism with Torture

In a desperate drive to catch suspected terrorists, the United States is using torture and other harsh interrogation techniques. But that can often lead to wild goose chases because of unreliable information generated under duress, the author of a new book says.

Hryhorii, a member of the Ukrainian military, hugs his wife Oksana, whom he had not seen for nearly a year, after she fled from the Russian-occupied Novomykhailivka village and arrived by car at an evacuation point for people fleeing Mariupol, Melitopol and the surrounding towns under Russian control, on Monday, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 2)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

High school teacher receives a Tony for dedication to musical theater

Roshunda Jones Koumba has taught musical theater to high school students in Houston, Texas, for nearly 20 years. She's receiving a Tony award for her years of dedication to the craft.

St. Louis Cardinals players Curt Flood, Bill White and Bob Gibson, pictured in 1966, 1962 and 1967, respectively. They are the focus of a new History Channel documentary about the Black baseball players who followed Jackie Robinson into the major league.

Black baseball players struggled long after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier

After Jackie, a new History Channel documentary, tells the stories of three of the Black baseball players who followed Jackie Robinson into the major leagues.

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