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The Beloit International Film Festival is underway. The event, which runs through February 19th, is holding some events on the Illinois side this year.…

A lot of people in China want a smartphone, but that doesn't mean they want an iPhone. For the second straight quarter, Apple is losing out to cheaper Chinese brands as makers there launch phones with better features.

This President's Day weekend, a new exhibition opens at George Washington's Mt. Vernon. It's called Hoecakes & Hospitality: Cooking with Martha Washington. It displays Mrs. Washington's hand-written recipes along with her pots and pans. It honors the labor-intensive role slaves had in the kitchen.

Despite its iconic place in film history, demolition has begun on the Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, Ill. It was the setting for a famous scene in The Blues Brothers. The high-speed chase in the 1980 film was the most action the mall has seen in a long time. It's been closed since 1979.

Lawmakers approved legislation to continue a payroll tax holiday and extend benefits for the long-term unemployed. The goal is to make sure enough people have enough spending money to keep the still-fragile economy growing. But some analysts say the economy doesn't need more help.

NPR foreign correspondent Quil Lawrence recalls his friendship with the New York Times reporter, who died Thursday at age 43, and the passion and sincerity that made him such a brilliant reporter.

A newly designed bottle and syringe that were supposed to make it easier to give a baby the right dose of Tylenol have drawn complaints from parents. The system is too difficult to use.

New York Times war correspondent Anthony Shadid, a frequent guest on Fresh Air, died Thursday after apparently suffering a fatal asthma attack in Syria, where he was reporting on the political uprising. Fresh Air remembers Shadid with excerpts from his December 2011 appearance on the show.

In Liza Johnson's drama, Return, Linda Cardellini plays a vet who returns from her time overseas with no way to make sense of where she was and what it meant. Critic David Edelstein says the film's lack of a traditional story arc makes it seem even more real.

How a mysterious traveling salesman made a porcelain baby Jesus a Mardi Gras tradition.