Author: Scott Simon

“Blue,” a statue that’s been on the grounds of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. for 7 years has been dismantled and removed.

She said she wasn’t offended by dumb blonde jokes because “I know I’m not dumb…and I also know I’m not blonde!” We take a moment to remember the smart, funny and uniquely talented Dolly Parton.

Ahmed Hrustanovic reflects on Ratko Mladic’s death with NPR’s Scott Simon. All of Hrustanovic’s adult male relatives died in the Srebrenica Massacre engineered by Mladic.

MLB catcher Jake Rogers probably didn’t know if he was coming or going the last several weeks: he’s been a Detroit Tiger, a Baltimore Oriole, a Boston Red Sox, and now he’s a Chicago White Sox.

Europe is in another brutal heat wave. The summer’s earlier record-breaking weather already damaged crops, sparked wildfires and led to increased deaths.

Europe is in another brutal heat wave. The summer’s earlier record-breaking weather already damaged crops, sparked wildfires and led to increased deaths.