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With the recent attack on the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, it's clear that U.S.-led forces in Iraq face a "growing threat" of terrorism, the chief U.S. civilian administrator in Iraq says. Paul Bremer says it will take two years to train an Iraqi police force, and postwar reconstruction will cost billions more. NPR's Juan Williams speaks with Bremer on Tuesday's Morning Edition.

The Cold War was raging during the late summer of 1972 when reigning world chess champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union met American challenger Bobby Fischer in Iceland. A new book by two BBC journalists details the match and its high-stakes geopolitical context.

Weekend Edition remembers Sam Spence, a longtime composer of rousing musical scores for NFL Films' documentaries and highlight reels.

When Kate Stone was gored by a stag in 2013, tabloids made the story about her transgender identity. So she set a goal: to change how the press writes about transgender people.

What does it mean to be speciesist?

The Broadway cast, band and composer assemble behind the Tiny Desk to share four songs from the touching new musical, which is nominated for eight Tony Awards.

At the Tiny Desk, the pop trio preached the importance of joyful revolution.

In its Tiny Desk performance, the trio makes music strictly for the moment — creating a shared language in real time.

Have that burger, says author Michael Pollan, and honor the importance of pleasure in food. The author slices through the nutri-hype with his latest book, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. Plus: Pollan reveals his own guilty pleasures.

Soprano JiYoung Lee stars as an "army brat" who was adopted by the entire army. The opera is Donizetti's Gallic romp, The Daughter of the Regiment, from the Washington National Opera.

Last month, All Things Considered asked listeners to share their summer food memories. We share a sampling, from ripe honeydews and cantaloupes and homemade pesto to a family tradition of picking ripe apricots to make loads of jam.

The Independent Picture House, JMD Law and Appalachian Theatre of the High Country are founding members of WFAE’s Corporate Circle.

Mecklenburg County, the city of Charlotte and six county towns agreed Tuesday to transition from the county stay-at-home order to the statewide order…

The committee tasked with marking U.S. business cycles says the economy peaked in February and has since been in a recession triggered by the pandemic. But it says the recession could be short-lived.

Four shipyards are getting the extra help. Officials say, if left unchecked, aircraft and submarine maintenance backlogs would result in delays in returning ships to the fleet.

State regulators and environmentalists have reached an agreement with chemical maker Chemours that adds new requirements for preventing contamination of…

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with listener Bill Tighe of Redondo Beach, Calif.

A leak in a gasoline pipeline in Huntersville last month may have been larger than the pipeline company originally thought.State Sen. Natasha Marcus…

The tech giant says most employees can keep working from home through at least the end of the summer, as the company braces for a slow return to normal life.

N95 masks and gloves are among critical medical supplies being scrutinized under a new U.S. crackdown on PPE exports.