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President Trump plans to fire several Board Members at Washington, D.C.'s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and indicated that he's naming himself chairman. Here's why it matters.

One thing that was impossible to miss -- as fires raged through L.A. -- was the fight from the air. Officials say it might have been the largest number of aircraft at a fire event, ever.

Almost 9 in 10 U.S. voters felt the November election was run well, according to new survey data. That's a jump compared with 2020 — an increase driven exclusively by Republican voters.

Pete Hegseth has positioned himself as a staunch public defender of President-elect Donald Trump on Fox's airwaves -- and is yet one more example of the Fox-to-Trump pipeline.

The soccer league capitalized on a groundswell of attention in 2024 thanks to a U.S. gold medal in the Olympic Games and a boom in interest in women's sports in general.

Trump won the election fair and square -- he won the electoral college vote and is expected to win the popular vote as well. He improved his margin in every county in the country.

The Kansas City Chiefs place kicker Harrison Butker is back in national news. He's founded a Political Action Committee to get conservative Christians out to vote.

A federal judge in Tallahassee is considering whether to block a new Florida law that bans social media for young teenagers.

A public radio investigation has found that Midwest schools are struggling to serve students who experience housing instability, despite a federal law intended to ensure equal access to education.

Elon Musk has emerged as a key figure in President Trump's plans to reshape the government. Here's a recap of this week with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team he leads.

Students at Lewis & Clark College in Oregon are trying to bring more attention to one of the world's smaller and often overlooked plants with this year's seventh annual Moss Appreciation Week. (This story first aired on Morning Edition on February 14, 2025.)

The prosecuting attorney in St. Louis County has released thousands of pages of documents from the Michael Brown case that offer differing accounts of the 90-second confrontation between Officer Darren Williams and Brown, which ended in Brown's death.

Robert Pattinson plays a space traveler who's repeatedly killed and resurrected in the name of scientific research in this otherworldly farce. It's Bong's first movie since his Oscar-winning Parasite.

It has 99 of the portable living units on its shelter campus and says it's on track to add 90 more by mid-2025.

State AGs have reached a new opioid settlement worth $7.4 billion with Purdue Pharma and its owners. The settlement does not give Sackler family members immunity from future opioid lawsuits.

Sports Illustrated writer Jon Wertheim talks about the latest from the Australian Open, where Novak Djokovic withdrew with an injury. Hear a preview of the men's and the women's singles finals.

Health-care facilities have been under attack by both sides in Sudan's year-long civil war. Aid groups are trying to shore up care with mobile clinics but fear the need is too great.

Tensions between Taiwan and China are growing. But despite the rift, they maintain tight cultural connections — pop culture, that is.

Antony Blinken is meeting with Israeli leaders in Tel Aviv as part of his Mideast visit aimed at containing the war in Gaza, and preventing a wider conflict.

Russian state media say a business jet crashed north of Moscow killing all aboard and that Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin's name is among the passenger list.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Jeff John Roberts, finance and crypto editor at Fortune magazine, about the increase in so-called "wrench attacks" on cryptocurrency holders.

Israeli Druze are watching their government's pressure campaign in Syria. Israel says recent airstrikes inside Syria are to protect the Druze religious minority there from sectarian violence.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a warm welcome in London from Britain's prime minster and other European leaders who pledged to work together to stop Russia's war in Ukraine.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Politico reporter Jesús Rodríguez about how the Spanish-language websites of many Democratic presidential candidates appear to be mostly Google translations.

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is trying to get back on point after sexual harassment allegations against him surfaced in the media. The allegations haven't seem to hurt Cain, polls show he's still running about even with Mitt Romney.