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NPR's Juana Summers revisits the year that was for Beyoncé and Swift, and talks to Miami University of Ohio Professor Tammy L. Kernodle about the tendency to pit successful women against each other.

Jean Paul Al Arab and his 6-month-old led police on a brief foot chase during a University at Buffalo ceremony. The school said the grad violated rules about who can participate in the commencement.

Ron DeSantis has emerged as a political star early in the 2024 presidential election season even as he ignores many conventions of modern politics.

The company will no longer host a website that promoted itself as a way to "help enforce the Texas Heartbeat Act." Online activists and boycotters inundated the site with false reports.

In the most dramatic step a Big Tech company has taken against Russia, Apple says Russians will no longer be able to purchase Apple merchandise and access to Apple Pay is also restricted.

PolitiFact will fact-check the debate live on our website and across our social media channels. Republican front-runner and former President Donald Trump will again skip the debate.

From dronescape to harsh noise wall, video creator Jacob Beardsley is on a quest to listen to every music genre out there.

For a century, the BBC has broadcast the weather report for the seas around the UK. "The Shipping Forecast" has informed and lulled generations who tune in to hear it.

Evening Masterworks: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Serenade No. 10 in B-flat “Gran Partita”

65 years after it was released, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree has topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time. NPR's Scott Detrow talks about it with singer Brenda Lee.

On this episode of "Florida Matters," we discuss Gov. Ron DeSantis' State of the State address to the Legislature. Topics he covered during the half-house speech included immigration, gun laws, education and property taxes.

On "Florida Matters: Live & Local," we talk about the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office cheating scandal, SNAP benefits that haven't come and an author whose books are heavy on history.

A new report from Uber, covering 2017 and 2018, says the claims range from unwanted touching and kissing to rape. Also, 19 people were killed in physical assaults during or soon after an Uber ride.

More than 200 laws, including a record $116.5 billion budget, will be in effect as of Saturday. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed nearly 300 bills passed this year.

The release of the Mother's Day photo was not meant as a proof of life. However, any clever communications person should have known it would be taken that way and closely scrutinized by the public.

The young far-right politician Jordan Bardella could become France's next prime minister. At only 28, he’s free of political baggage, but some say he lacks real job — and life — experience.

Justine Huang took as much food and drinks from spectators at the New York City Marathon as she could — and has no regrets.

Evening Masterworks: Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in d minor, Op. 125 “Choral”

If you’re one of those people who think there can only be one “song of the summer,” and that the Hot 100 provides a clear-cut metric for determining a winner, then this year’s race is a statistical dead heat.

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss March Madness, the new world of paid college athletes, and bobblehead crime.

Puerto Rico, the nation's sixth-largest school district, is in crisis. It's both uniquely vulnerable to natural disasters and unusually ill-equipped to help children recover from them.

Some Americans say they don't want to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the Ad Council's CEO about public health messaging and ways to reach vaccine skeptics.

Finland has held the title of world's happiest country for six years running. It wants to teach people how to unlock their "inner Finn" during a four-day masterclass at a lakeside resort in June.

DeSantis also signed a bill that places an eight-year term limits for school board members.

After months of GOP-led delays, the House of Representatives approved a foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.