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A new NPR series, "Throw It Back," explores how the objects we love as kids shape our worldview as adults. The series begins with the story of Mahlet Assefa and her cotton dress.

NPR's Eric Westervelt talks to Sean Baker. The director of "The Florida Project" has a new movie about an exotic dancer's unlikely relationship with the son of a Russian oligarch. It's called "Anora."

In recent years, Catholic bishops have spent millions on campaigns to defeat abortion rights measures at the ballot box. This year, they're taking a dramatically different approach.

NPR's Eric Westervelt plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Michigan Public listener Shailesh Dubey of Battle Creek, Michigan.

This week, Wait Wait gets deeply nostalgic for the distant past of 2024

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, no stranger to controversy, has ignited another with a hat. NPR's Scott Simon explains.

A nationwide blackout Friday left millions of Cubans without power because of an aging power grid and a lack of fuel.

A new national marine sanctuary is being established off the California coast. The Biden administration plans to manage it with the indigenous groups that fought for years to create it.

A look back on the life and politics of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a key player for the last several years in the Israel-Gaza conflict.

The future of Hamas and the war in Gaza now that the organization's leader is dead.