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Denzel Washington stars in a loose remake of the 1963 Akira Kurosawa film High and Low. And four anthropomorphic turtles are back in theaters for an anniversary re-release.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: James Acaster's comedy special, the '90s show Legends of the Hidden Temple, and SZA's album Lana.

On "Florida Matters: Live & Local," we’re talking about Florida’s government shutdown and unpaid workers, uncertainty over vaccine mandates, and the growing debate over books being pulled from schools.

Ed Holley first met Kanard Lewis in 2010. Holley was coaching youth baseball in New York City, and Lewis was was one of his players. Lewis is now a high school counselor.

"I’m a Republican, but I believe in climate change."

This week's Heat Check selects come largely from iconoclasts who have already zeroed in on their individual aesthetics: a singsong rap soulman, an alté sensation a noise-rap radical and more.

In the first few days after President Biden restrictions on asylum seekers went into effect, hundreds of people have been deported. We'll bring you the scene from the southern border.

Cassidy Hutchinson testified she asked those involved if the story was true and they did not dispute the account of Trump growing "irate" when told that he had to return to the White House.

The new total of refugees from Ukraine amounts to a little more than 2% of the country's total population of 44 million.

In a departure from earlier Supreme Court decisions on abortion, Justice Alito's abortion opinion barely mentions medicine. This creates a perilous new legal reality for doctors, legal analysts say.

NPR's Linda Holmes and Sarah Handel discuss why they are hooked on documentaries and some of the best ones you may not yet have seen.

This week, the rapper Future hit #1 on Billboard's albums chart for a third time in the last six months. Meanwhile, on the songs, chart, stasis is becoming the coin of the realm.

Rachel Martin talks to comedian Mike Myers as Canada prepares to mark 150 years since it took a major step toward independence. Myers has written a book called Canada about his home country.

Another round of torrential rain and flash flooding was coming for parts of the South and Midwest. Areas are already waterlogged by days of severe storms that also spawned some deadly tornadoes.

For nearly three years, the U.S. and its allies have slapped roughly 5,000 sanctions and export controls on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Russia faces new sanctions targeting oil and gas trade.

"I am plus-size, I have dark skin and I am 100 percent beautiful," the actress says. Her new book, This Is Just My Face, is a collection of essays about body image and her rise to fame.

President Trump was pressed on his assertion that U.S. strikes had obliterated Iran's nuclear program at the end of the NATO summit.

The country's detained president was democratically elected two years ago and is seen as a key partner for the U.S. in fighting extremists.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed the bill in April banning state and local mask mandates, but now he says cases are up and children under 12 are vulnerable because they can't get vaccinated.

The Israel-Gaza conflict is likely to leave people in the region struggling with trauma-related mental health symptoms for a long time to come.

A few cats have died from bird flu after eating raw food. And some raw pet food products have been recalled. Here's what to know about the risks to your fur babies, and how to keep them safe.

Inflation eased a bit in March, as the price of gasoline and groceries dropped. But the price of services continues to climb, keeping overall inflation stubbornly high.

David Greene talks to Aaron O'Connell, a veteran of the Afghan war, about what he expects to hear from Trump. O'Connell is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas in Austin.

An unusual quartet of tenor saxophones delves into the connections between body, breath, sound and creation with a fierce and unyielding spirit.

NASA began "sonifying" its famous photos of outer space to help people who are visually impaired enjoy the images. Recently, it recreated the sound of a black hole 240 million light-years away.