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Every Friday, Pop Culture Happy Hour hosts and guests share the shows, movies, books and music that brought them joy. This week: Sexy Beasts, Launchpad shorts, a Hunchback history and Mythic Quest.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Khan, an Afghan national who worked as an interpreter for the U.S. military for four years, about the safety situation in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover.

The new projections in the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees reports indicate that the program will be unable to pay full benefits in 2034. Last year's estimated exhaustion date was 2035.

Fresh Air critic John Powers says the five-part BBC America show pulls off something ambitious: It keeps viewers enthralled with its intensity, while catching them in "a lingering emotional undertow."

Demand for palm oil is destroying the habitat of endangered Sumatran orangutans. One group is working to rescue, rehabilitate and reintroduce these often-orphaned primates back into the wild.

The state has seen its cases and hospitalizations decline but an analysis from the New York Times finds its death rate is still among the highest in the country.

There are a couple of big steps to get through before U.S. kids under 12 might be able to get the vaccine. Here's how the process works and when the shots could arrive.

Nominees for the 2021 Golden Globes were announced today via a livestream. Past winners Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson revealed the first few nominees in a simulcast with the Today show.

Sure, there are some in Washington hoping to enrich themselves with federal contracts and to corruptly influence policy, but many are drawn, as one resident says, to make the world a better place.

From documentaries to artistic projects, NPR has collected some of our favorite ways to celebrate the Earth and think about what we can do to protect its flora and fauna.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Bloomberg Law's Madison Alder about a push by congressional Democrats to establish a formal code of ethics for the U.S. Supreme Court.

The author and poet is known for his perspective on being a Native American in contemporary culture. Alexie shares his recommendations for YouTube videos, movies and TV shows, including iconic Olympic moments, raunchy British teens and an Eastwood Western.

Valentines Day is this one day when one product — a red rose — is worth two or three times more than it is at any other time of the year. If a florist catches that window, he's golden. But the process of getting the roses to is fraught with risk, middlemen, crazy expense and bad weather.

With two weeks to go until the 2015 Obamacare enrollment deadline, Florida is ahead of even California, which has twice the population and embraced the Affordable Care Act from the start.

Musk seemed to confirm the news Tuesday in London, saying DeSantis would be making “quite an announcement’ on Twitter on Wednesday.

An air traffic controller is just one employee locked into the terms of a health plan because of the ongoing federal shutdown. It's meant his child's hospital bills are "out-of-network."

The near obliteration of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River has triggered evacuations and raised concern about Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which uses the reservoir to cool its reactors.

The court rules that state constitutions can protect voting rights in federal elections and state courts can enforce those provisions, a key opinion that should safeguard 2024 election integrity.

Bud Light, under fire from conservatives on social media for a promotion with a trans influencer, has seen its sales slip. But studies of other boycotts showed that negative impacts didn't last long.

In a southern Kazakh city, health-care workers are standing trial on charges of negligence. At least 95 infants tested positive for HIV after treatment at local children's hospitals. The case has exposed corruption in the country's medical system.

NPR's movie critic and producers discuss how queerness is present across all genres of movies in ways seen and unseen.

Constant eastward wind flow will keep humidity levels present across parts of Florida. This also increases the risk of rip currents along Florida's east coast.

A new CDC report shows Florida mothers are increasingly starting prenatal care late or not at all, mirroring national trends, with rural access and Medicaid delays worsening outcomes.

Two days after instructing federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in drug-related cases, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions came to Tallahassee...

Are nearly half of all African-American high school graduates unable to land a job? And just how neutral is Donald Trump in the conflict between Israel…