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Smith has a steady, well-trained swell of a voice and a knack for whipping in and out of his falsetto in a hairsbreadth. He doesn't feel the need to hide — certainly not by stifling his vocal skills.

"It will be a woman, a very talented, very brilliant woman," President Trump announced, of his forthcoming nominee.

This week's essential new music mix includes the remarkable story of Kendrick Lamar's rise, supremely fuzzy garage rock from Weed, the dream pop duo Gems and more.

Denzel Washington plays a New York City music mogul whose teenage son becomes the target of a kidnapping plot. The movie is a remake of the 1963 Akira Kurosawa classic, High and Low.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Diane Foley, mother of journalist James Foley, who was kidnapped and killed by ISIS in 2012, about an executive order meant to help wrongfully detained Americans abroad.

It's been one year since Gershkovich was detained in Russia, where he remains in custody. NPR's Debbie Elliott talks Emma Tucker, editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, about Gershkovich.

Ridley Scott's epic, which opens in 1386 Paris, tells the story of a duel between a squire of a knight from three points of view — including that of the woman they're fighting over.

The U.S. has accused China of manipulating its currency and undermining free trade. China, in turn, blames the U.S. for sparking the financial meltdown. But some economists say China's currency policy paved the way for the worldwide economic crisis.

Ford is idling production of its F-150 Lightning, the latest in a series of announcements signaling a slower-than-expected transition to electric vehicles. What are other automakers planning?

NPR's Tamara Keith steps into the cocktail bar Death & Co in Washington, D.C., to find out which movie-inspired drinks will set the mood for New Year's Eve.

A group of musicians in the area around Kyiv remains focused on reviving a uniquely Ukrainian tradition, even in the midst of war.

Police say 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa shot five people to death in a home in Cleveland, Texas, early Saturday and then fled the area. Investigators are still searching for the suspect.

The Star Trek actor, writer, poet and photographer has died of lung disease at 83. NPR's Neda Ulaby has a look back at the long career of the man who was (and was not) Spock.

Meg Wolitzer says All Our Names, told in the alternating voices of two lovers, is a subtle masterpiece. It tackles huge themes — relationships, violence, identity, racism — but never overreaches.

Pediatrician Harvey Karp has treated thousands of kids over the course of his 30-year-career, and his popular series of parenting books are international best sellers. His latest is the Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep. And if you're a parent, you know he's really talking about your sleep.

The master of magic realism was the region's best-known writer. His novels were filled with miraculous events and characters; love and madness; wars, dreams and death. He died Thursday at 87.

In his later years, Norman Rockwell lived in the kind of small town you'd expect to see in his paintings. But he didn't move there for its tranquil pastures; he moved for the psychiatric institute where he and his wife sought treatment. In American Mirror, Deborah Solomon looks at the artist's relationship with his psychoanalyst.

Reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker tell NPR they wanted to make sense of the rapid churn of Trump-era news. In a new book, they emerge with a portrait of an "undisciplined, impulsive leader."

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is spreading at a frightening rate. To find out why this outbreak has been so deadly and what may lie ahead, we spoke with science writer David Quammen.

In the first memoir from a prisoner still being held at Guantanamo, Mohamedou Ould Slahi tells how he went from his native Mauritania to joining al-Qaida in Afghanistan to the U.S. prison in Cuba.

A plan to replace imported oil with domestic natural gas has led to fuel shortages and long lines in Pakistan. A businessman has spent $500,000 of his own money to develop an affordable solar car.

Darrell Utley had no idea his client was a football star when they began American Sign Language lessons.

Few companies have had such a rapid fallout from such a vast number of crises stemming from the workplace culture perpetuated from the top, while appearing to be at the peak of its success.

Cooper Raiff's Cha Cha Real Smooth had to play at the Sundance Film Festival virtually because of the pandemic, so he hasn't heard the applause critics are showering on his bittersweet dramedy.

Japan's prime minister says she gets just "zero to three hours" of sleep per night. NPR's Michel Martin asks Johns Hopkins' Dr. Sara Benjamin how much sleep most people need to get through the day.