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While the new film Straight Outta Compton may be Hollywood's attempt to keep it real, Compton's reality in 2015 is quite different from the stream of images pop culture has churned out since the '80s.

In an unprecedented move, the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has issued subpoenas for five Congressional Republicans, including GOP leader Kevin McCarthy.

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: 5-Second Films, an eye-opening Melrose Place article, the song "Ça plane pour moi" and rewatching 30 Rock.

If spending — or not spending — money makes you feel shame or regret, you might be grappling with financial guilt. Financial planner Lauryn Williams breaks down three types and how to deal.

We post-game the results of the midterm elections, focusing on the issues that drew voters to the polls as well as just what happened to the "red wave" predicted by several polls.

Gizmodo's Kashmir Hill spent six weeks trying to cut Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Apple out of her life completely. "Spoiler," she says. "It's not possible."

Let's face it, while Thanksgiving get-togethers can be joyful, they can also be stressful. Audie Cornish talks with Amy Dickinson, who writes the syndicated column "Ask Amy," about how to navigate tricky family relationships during the Thanksgiving holiday.

A review of the third Democratic presidential debate. How the candidates played off of one another, who shined and who didn't.

It's remarkably rare for leading research hospitals to reject new drugs because of cost.

Parts of Boston's subway system, known as the "T," have been shut down for repairs. Just about everyone agrees the fixes are necessary, but commuters are now dealing with delays and confusion.

The podcasting world faced layoffs, retrenchment, and cancellations in 2023, but amidst the turmoil, "If Books Could Kill," "You Didn't See Nothin" and "The Retrievals" topped the list of offerings.

Aldis Hodge stars as the latest on-screen version of James Patterson's sharp police detective.

A portion of Interstate 175 and 6th Street South was closed in St. Petersburg on Monday afternoon after a large truck struck the I-175 pass.The collision…

"I do not believe that I am either of the people in the photo," Gov. Northam said of the image, which shows two individuals, one dressed in blackface, and another as a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina King and John Ridley, star and director of the biopic Shirley which celebrates Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress.

A 3D-printed rocket is set to take its maiden flight Wednesday. If successful, it would be the first to reach orbit. The company behind it hopes to cash in on a booming satellite industry.

NPR's John Burnett reports on the efforts of anti-drug activist Herman Wrice to help small towns in the United States fight crack cocaine abuse through grassroots organizing and regularly confronting suspected drug dealers. Civil libertarians are concerned that this approach is tantamount to vigilanteism. If these people are known drug dealers, they argue, they should be arrested, not harrassed.

- Daniel visits the Forensic Documents Lab at the U-S Immigration and Naturalization Service. Analysts in the lab use high tech equipment to study questionable immigration documents. They are specialists in detecting counterfeit techniques, including alterations impossible to detect with the naked eye. The Atlanta Committee on the Olympic Games asked the lab to design the Olympic visa which has numerous security features.

Commentator David Brooks writes in support of the election of Newt Gingrich. He says ousting Newt would have been an extreme punishment for some rather minor infractions...and that Republicans would have gotten only a short-term boost if they "betrayed" their leader. He says the Republicans today struck a blow for loyalty, for simple justice and for the good of the country.

Among the latest health hacks to go viral on TikTok is the idea of a short, post-dinner "fart walk" to aid digestion. Turns out, the science on this trend is solid, and so are the health benefits.

Some credit cards advertised by hospitals lure in patients with rosy promises of convenient, low-interest payments on big bills. But interest rates soar if you can't quickly pay off the loan.

The Paycheck Protection Program, which provided emergency loans to small businesses amid the pandemic, will wind down soon. Economists are divided on whether it saved enough jobs to justify its cost.

With her new special, Seales hopes to cement her position as a trusted and thoughtful comedic voice that speaks to a demographic that she says has long been ignored: black women.

Kaing Guek Eav, the former Khmer Rouge interrogator known as Duch, was brought to court in Cambodia for a pretrial hearing. It is the first public session of the U.N.-backed tribunal probing the regime's reign of terror in the 1970s. Duch, 66, is charged with crimes against humanity.