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Looking back on 2023, I see endless images of great meals, visits to fabulous farmers markets and memorable dinners with friends and family.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his budget on Tuesday, December 5 for the new fiscal year, with $15.1 billion dollars going to the state’s public schools.

Film critic Kenneth Turan reviews Before Night Falls.

According to Rover.com's list of popular pet names, monikers like Alanis, Ginger Spice and Furby are trending this year. So are the names of the era's sports stars including Ripken, Sosa and Barkley.

An ugly battle is being waged over Saule Omarova, President Biden's nominee to oversee most of the money held by banks. Her confirmation hearing is on Thursday.

The Canadian musician played keyboard, organ and saxophone on some of group's most memorable songs.

Improvised explosive devices remain one of the biggest killers in Afghanistan. As NATO forces prepare to withdraw from the country, Afghans are learning the special skills they'll need to find and disarm these deadly weapons. Instructors say there's a long way to go before they have enough professionals trained.

The bankruptcy filing of Diamond Sports Group, owner of 19 regional sports networks across the country, means some baseball fans might not be able to watch their teams on TV.

When Lily Gladstone became the first Indigenous person to win a best actress Golden Globe, she said some words in Blackfeet. Her mother was behind efforts to get the language taught in classes.

A grocery worker whispered into her phone during a 911 call so she wouldn't draw the shooter's attention. She says the dispatcher yelled at her for whispering. The two ended up disconnected.

Music can shift, uplift or even subvert a scene. This week on 8 Tracks, we play music supervisor, imagining songs by Kamasi Washington and Carin León on the big screen.

Pulitzer-prize winning author Susan Faludi writes about her father's sex reassignment surgery in her memoir, In The Darkroom. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls it "exhausting, messy and provocative."

Rachel Martin talks to former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who served under George W. Bush, about Trump administration plans to allow U.S. troops to use force at the southern border.

Legendary choreographer George Balanchine was born, who died in 1983, left behind hundreds of original ballets inspired by the unique abilities of his dancers. For Intersections, a Morning Edition series on artists and their inspirations, Kim Kokich profiles one of Balanchine's greatest ballerinas.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports that King Hussein of Jordan and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat toured the West Bank today in a show of solidarity. The king's visit to the West Bank was his first since Israel captured the territory during the Six-Day War twenty-nine years ago.

A new project conceived by Lebanese American tenor Karim Sulayman recasts baroque music that by turns demonizes and exoticizes Arabs and Muslims.

At least one House Republican, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, is publicly threatening to offer a resolution to try to remove the speaker. Here's how that procedural motion would work.

In the Galapagos Islands, conservationists say marine life is being depleted while fishermen say their livelihoods are at stake. But a boost in tourism may provide a compromise.

One of the most decorated players and coaches in the history of women's basketball, Kara Lawson, visited New Heights Elementary School.

As part of NPR's special series, "America Reckons with Racial Injustice," listeners from across the country share their personal experience of being Black in America.

Busloads of people are on the way to Washington, D.C., for the Millions More Movement. Deloit Parker, who runs the Self-Help for African People through Education (SHAPE) Community Center in Houston, talks about this weekend's event, which comes on the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March. Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, organized both events.

The appearance of the popular boy band from South Korea is one of many unexpected moments at the U.N. General Assembly — everything from a U.N. TikTok to a groundbreaking food summit.

The funk-ridden grooves of Wilson's music could feel larger than life, particularly those he created for Blue Note Records in the late 1960s and early '70s.

An oral language rich in history from Peru is having a moment, with artists using it in hip hop, rap, trap, and pop music.

Search teams have worked day and night to clear the land of building parts and debris. Now a Miami-Dade County circuit judge is hearing arguments about what should happen to the oceanfront property.