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A view (looking east) of Ghost Ranch near Abiquiu, New Mexico, on March 11, 2026. Minesh Bacrania for NPR hide caption toggle caption Minesh Bacrania for NPR ABIQUIU, NM – …

This picture, taken a position in northern Israel, shows an Israeli Air Force fighter jet flying over the border area with southern Lebanon on March 13, 2026. Jalaa Marey/AFP via …

A group of New Jersey friends love to dance so much that when they got sick of the club scene they started a monthly dance party called, “All My Friends.”

With espresso shots, kisses on the cheek, and Andrea Bocelli singalongs, Team Italy has charmed at the World Baseball Classic. But their mission is more ambitious: Turn Italy into a …

Travelers and staff walk through Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Friday. U.S. Transportation Security Administration security officers missed their first full paycheck Friday as a partial …

An Oscar statue appears outside the Dolby Theatre ahead of the 2015 ceremony. But who is he really? Matt Sayles/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Sayles/Invision/AP Sunday is the 98th …

From left: Kai Trump, Bam Adebayo, Timothée Chalamet (or his reclusive twin, Tomothée). Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images; Peter Joneleit/Getty Images; Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle …

A man drove a truck into a synagogue in Michigan, according to authorities. The suspected attacker is dead and a guard was injured. AILSA CHANG, HOST: A synagogue was attacked …

NASA employees brief the media on Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. about the delayed Artemis II mission. The news conference focused on revisions and fixes …

There’s a famous scene in Betty Smith’s bestselling coming-of-age novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in which Smith describes the relationship her protagonist, 11-year-old Francie Nolan, has with her local …