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<p><strong>Taking The Town:</strong> Harpers Ferry, W.Va., sits at the confluence of the Potomac River (right) and Shenandoah River (left). In 1859, John Brown and his raiders gained control of the town and its guns by taking both Shenandoah and Potomac bridges, essentially cutting the town off.</p>

The Harpers Ferry 'Rising' That Hastened Civil War

On the evening Oct. 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a raid he hoped would ignite a nationwide uprising against slavery. Tony Horwitz tells the story of how Brown's defeat helped spark the Civil War, in Midnight Rising.

How gerontology, the study of aging, came to be

NPR's history podcast Throughline tells us the story of the scientist who helped launch gerontology, the study of aging, and how we started viewing aging as a disease.

Many Chicago White Sox fans admitted they hoped the team would break the record — most losses in a season in modern baseball history — by losing their 121st game. Instead, Chicago swept the Angels and now, with a record of 39-120, heads to Detroit for its final series of the year.

As the White Sox narrowly avoid loss #121, fans bid farewell to a season to forget

The Chicago White Sox have 120 losses, tied for the most in a season — one more L, and the record would be theirs. Fans at the final home game said they wouldn't mind seeing history made.

The Florida Panthers team poses with the Stanley Cup trophy after defeating the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final, on Monday in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers defeated the Oilers 2-1.

Panthers win their 1st Stanley Cup, top Oilers in Game 7 to avoid historic collapse

The Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup champions and they took the hardest path possible to the title. The Panthers won the first three games of the series, then lost the next three before Monday's win.

"Stand," a Lexington sculpture, to honors the women who fought for the passing of the 19th Amendment, which afforded women the right to vote, in Kentucky. The silhouettes in the work by Barbara Grygutis do not depict specific women, instead representing the widespread community effort in the state to win suffrage.

Ky. historian reflects on suffrage movement in state ahead of potentially historic election

With less than a week until a potentially historic U.S. presidential election that could see the first-ever woman elected to the post of commander in chief, a Kentucky-based historian says it’s important to look at the role women in the Bluegrass State have to play in the voting booth – and how they won the right to be there.

Heading into playoffs, these are the WNBA players delivering the goods

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with The Athletic's Ben Pickman about the closing of the WNBA regular season, and the performance of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and A'ja Wilson.

Rep. Bowman is the first of the progressives known as 'the squad' to be defeated

NPR's Michel Martin talks to strategist Kristen Hawn about Democrat George Latimer winning the most expensive House primary campaign in history. He had significant support from pro-Israel lobbyists.

Elon Musk faces criticism for encouraging Germans to move beyond 'past guilt'

Musk's comments came two days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day and right after he was criticized for making what many viewers interpreted as a Nazi salute during an inauguration speech.

100 years later, what's the legacy of the Scopes trial?

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ed Larson, about the legacy of the Scopes Trial and the teaching of evolution in school, and its relevance today.

How 3 Hawaiian teen princes brought surfing to the mainland

In 1885, royal Hawaiian brothers were studying at a military school in California. There, they introduced a sport known as "surfboard swimming." The Princes of Surf exhibit tells what happened next.

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