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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Robin Givhan, senior critic-at-large at The Washington Post, about the significance of Polo Ralph Lauren's collaboration with the HBCUs Morehouse and Spelman Colleges.

NPR's A Martínez talks with Judge Bruce Selya, a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals and a longtime friend of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.

French voters cast their ballots Sunday. Polls show incumbent president Emmanuel Macron ahead of his rival, populist candidate Marine Le Pen.

A pact between China and the Solomon Islands could help Beijing expand its naval presence in the Western Pacific. That has officials in the U.S. and Australia on edge.

Ayesha Rascoe talks with B.J. Kirschhoffer of Polar Bears International about "bear-dar," a new technology that could help reduce polar bear run-ins with people in Arctic communities.

It's been almost a year since a condominium building collapsed in Surfside, Fla., killing 98 people. Legal wrangling continues about how to pay the victims and honor those who died in the accident.

A new report details the economic, mental and physical health of healthcare workers. Much of the workforce is struggling with symptoms of burnout, anxiety and trauma and want to leave the profession.

The man who forged successful alliances with Democratic health giants, such as Sen. Kennedy and Rep. Waxman, fell back on his deep conservative roots as opposition grew to the Affordable Care Act.

Odesa's port was a lifeline for Ukraine and a key player in global supply chains. Now, Russia's invasion and a blockade in the Black Sea have the city in a stranglehold.

A Polish farming town on the Ukrainian border has organized weekly shipments of protective equipment to exhausted Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline.

A pledge by Florida's governor to end Disney World's status as an independent district may not be easy to carry out. A law may prevent the governor from dissolving the independent district.

Providing gender-affirming care to transgender kids in Alabama is a felony as of May 8. Families with transgender children are figuring out how to support their kids and stay in Alabama if possible.

For millions of people, working from home has not meant working fewer hours. A recent episode of NPR's Life Kit focuses on how to get more rest.

French President Macron has won a second term, beating far-right leader Marine Le Pen with 58% of the vote. His majority is solid, but still 10 points below his total in 2017.

Fifty years ago, Roger Bannister ran the world's first mile under four minutes. Just six weeks later, John Landy broke Bannister's record, setting up a face-off between the world's first two men to achieve that long-elusive goal. Read an excerpt from The Perfect Mile by Neal Bascomb.

While the statewide mask mandate will end for vaccinated residents, that doesn't mean everyone in the state will be able to remove their masks indoors — even if they've gotten the shots.

We look at the Academy's choices to host next year's Oscars: actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway. While they might seem like unconventional choices, they're both eminently qualified and should be able to put on a good show.

Critic John Powers reviews the Starz comedy series Party Down, which follows a group of oddball dreamsers who work for a Hollywood catering company.

Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein talks about two recent scandals regarding television personalities and the way the networks are handling them. Pat O'Brien, host of the gossip show The Insider, recently completed treatment for alcohol abuse, and Paula Abdul is accused of favoritism -- and maybe more -- in her role as judge on the hit show American Idol.

Guy Ritchie deploys the ultimate Holmes villain — brilliant, malevolent Professor Moriarty — in an action-packed sequel to his 2009 hit.

Tonight NBC devotes its entire prime-time schedule to a sendoff of ER, the medical drama series that has been running on the network since 1994. Critic David Bianculli wonders what comes next.

Judging by Barbara Walters' list of the Most Fascinating People of 2010, 2010 was a year short on fascination. Instead, she seems to be identifying the people who have already been covered to the very limits of their newsworthiness.

What rights do U.S. citizens and non-citizens have when they encounter law enforcement? NPR's A Martinez speaks with Georgetown University law professor Paul Butler.

The actor was best known for playing Lamont Sanford, opposite Redd Foxx's Fred Sanford in the hit 1970s sitcom. Wilson died Friday from complications related to cancer, his publicist said.

A judge has ordered the U.S. to release a father and 5-year-old son who were taken into custody during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. A judge previously ruled that they could not be removed from the U.S. for now.