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Putin forever? Russia's president goes into this week's election with no serious contenders, cementing his already quarter-century hold on the Kremlin through at least 2030.

Georgia is an important state for both former President Donald Trump and President Biden in 2024. It's also a state with the clearest examples of the obstacles each faces in his path to victory.

The Puerto Rican rapper has risen through the ranks of Latin pop, collaborating with artists like Karol G and Bad Bunny. With her playful, experimental debut Att., she's poised to be a bigger star.

During her career, Kamala Harris left an impact on many people — like a mentee from Harris’s days as San Francisco District Attorney. Lateefah Simon shares what Harris was like before getting to D.C.

This year's Lasker Prize for public service goes to South African researchers Salim and Quarraisha Abdool-Karim. The married couple made a startling discovery about HIV — and did something about it.

The Hamas-led assault that killed 1,200 people triggered a devastating Israeli military response in Gaza. Now the war has engulfed Lebanon and threatens to bring Israel and Iran into direct conflict.

How you approach or create your to-do list can make a big difference. Experts weigh in on how to write — and tackle — a to-do list to make it best work for you.

Foreign laborers, many from Thailand, are tending fields and livestock in an area Israel has declared off-limits to its own civilians amid ongoing military operations against Hezbollah.

It's unclear how the issue of ownership of the Panama Canal became a talking point for President-elect Donald Trump this week, but the question has a long political history.

These descendants of wild boars were brought over from Europe decades ago. They're highly invasive and hugely destructive — threatening native bears and deer in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Clean energy is crucial to meet rising U.S. electricity demand, according to industry analysts and executives. But the Trump administration's actions could slow development.

The streaming giant's new policy on artists who engage in "hateful conduct" is a half-measure, but it demonstrates the power the company now wields — and the challenge it now faces.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with horror scholar and filmmaker Rebekah McKendry about her favorite horror movies of the year and the ideas that tie them together.

President Biden had made a career of digging in and proving the doubters wrong — until he finally met a political crisis he couldn't ride out.

Already, lower courts have found President Trump's removal of Democratic members of independent agencies to be unlawful. The Trump administration has appealed.

As Oscar season heats up, the Brazilian city of Recife turns Carnival into a celebration of its hometown film hopeful, The Secret Agent.

The government is set to shutdown at the end of the day Friday. Shutdowns have evolved in recent years from rare collapses of government function to increasingly frequent political tools.

With a dramatic jump in cases — and a strain of mpox that is deadlier than the virus that went global in 2022 — specialists are scrambling to rein it in.

Nadra Wilson and other Virginians got letters saying her U.S. citizenship was in question, along with her voter registration. "I was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. — I'm a citizen," Wilson told NPR.

At a service focused on Kirk's conservative Christian faith, President Trump described the late 31-year-old as the "greatest evangelist for American liberty" as Kirk's widow forgave the alleged gunman.

Worlds marks the last competition of the 2025-2026 season. Skaters have some time to go on tour, rest up and learn new routines before the next season starts in July.

Yes, higher crude oil prices mean a multibillion-dollar cash infusion to the oil industry. But volatility is bad for business, and sustained high prices come with very serious drawbacks.

In the Apple TV+ sci-fi drama, now in its second season, Scott plays a man who has a chip implanted in his brain that allows him to sever his work and home lives. Originally broadcast April 6, 2022.

Not sure what to read? NPR's Susan Stamberg asked three booksellers to share their top five picks for the books you shouldn't miss — tales of con artists, grade-school spies, refugees and ranchers.

Giants of the arts world left us this year: We look back on the legacies of Harry Belafonte, Tina Turner, Sinéad O'Connor, Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman), Richard Roundtree, Norman Lear and more.