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A look at life in Baghdad 20 years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Mireille Enos, who stars in the new TV series "Lucky Hank." Also starring Bob Odenkirk, it's the story of an academic in a midlife crisis.

Two Afghan sisters flee the Taliban, leaving their dreams behind, only to find a new dream acting in a movie that's making headlines at several film festivals.

Estrangement and reconciliation in an Italian-American family: Ann Napolitano's new novel, "Hello Beautiful," is about loving each other just as we are. NPR's Scott Simon talks to her about it.

A new study finds that some police forces are losing officers at a faster pace since 2020. In New Orleans, there's a grudging acceptance that it's time to offload some duties to civilians.

Just one last word about the 2023 Academy Awards, which wrapped Sunday in a manner largely free of catastrophic embarrassment: Here's an unsexy-but-crucial rundown of the mistakes that were avoided.

A secretive Russian military unit, known for its part in the deaths of hundreds of civilians on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 nearly a decade ago, was fighting in eastern Ukraine, NPR uncovered.

While many cheered the possibility of a huge financial windfall for the city's Black residents, one civil rights leader says the proposal is a distraction from tangible efforts to redress racism.

Public defenders operate under heavy pressure and budget constraints 60 years after the Supreme Court ruled low-income criminal defendants should be provided lawyers even if they can't pay for them.

Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, thanks to a relentless, hustling defense.