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French voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Evelyn Farkas about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of private Signal chats and the turmoil inside the Pentagon.

A major medical group now recommends pain-blocking treatments for IUD insertion and other procedures amid a growing recognition that women's pain should be treated.

Film director Barry Jenkins draws a Wild Card question and talks about where he'd go to feel safe as a child.

A prep-school valedictorian and Ivy-educated tech worker, Luigi Mangione grew up wealthy, smart and successful. Now police have charged the 26-year-old with the murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks orca researcher Deborah Giles about behavior she witnessed recently: whales wearing salmon as hats.

Thunderbolts* is unapologetically formulaic. And yet, Florence Pugh is terrific; the action is coherent; and the character dynamics strike the right balance of earnest sincerity and glib humor.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service is going to propose listing the monarch butterfly as threatened. What does this mean and what might protections actually look like?

The trials for rappers Young Thug and Lil Durk have dominated headlines and while the cases are different, lyrics being used against them in the courtroom is the commonality.