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Miss Bala invites comparisons to other, more effective films with similar butt-kicking protagonists, but as compelling, well-acted genre filmmaking, it succeeds.

Let's examine the political side of the security equation in Afghanistan. To discuss U.S. strategy, Rachel Martin talks to Kael Weston, ex-political adviser to Marine units in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Researchers Andrew Papachristos and Gary Slutkin have started to look at gun violence as a public health epidemic, and how to take a holistic approach and reinterpret the problem.

"When I touch the piano, it becomes an African instrument," says the pianist and composer, who has been bridging cultures through music for some 60 years.

President Trump's proposed increase in defense spending could help the Defense Department plug current holes in the force, but it wouldn't cover the major expansion he supports.

She says, "Instead of feeling mortified, I felt defiant." In The Clancys of Queens, Clancy tells stories of growing up in a working-class, New York family.

Renowned musician Prince died at his home in Minneapolis Thursday at the age of 57. NPR has this remembrance.

For the first time in his presidential campaign, Republican candidate Jeb Bush brought former President George W. Bush on the campaign trail Monday at an event in North Charleston, S.C.

Olympic sports have their own vernacular — terms that make no sense to outsiders. Much of it has to do with when things go wrong. And some of it has to do with Seinfeld.

Ahead of Tuesday's hearing with the House Judiciary Committee, a letter from the Justice Department appeared to throw GOP members of the panel as well as President Trump a bone.

HB 1984 would effectively expand the definition of employment in the state — though not the strict federal criteria for proving harassment.

COMMENTARY:For years, Martin Luther King Jr. and poet Langston Hughes maintained a friendship, exchanging letters and favors and even traveling to Nigeria…

Brilliant but socially awkward, criminal defense attorney Roman J. Israel (Denzel Washington) must re-enter the job market after his law firm goes under in the new film Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Guillermo del Toro's fish story may play like TheCarol from the Black Lagoon, but the director's penchant for lyricism make it "a transporting, lovingly made specimen of escapism."

The singer first gained famed in 2008 as a member of the boy band SHINee, before going on to write and produce songs for himself and others.

At Just For Laughs in Montreal, a series of events showcase up-and-coming talent — and has a history of giving comics their first big break. Here are 10 top performers from this year.

A new biography traces Carmichael's evolution from civil rights activist to an early proponent of the black power movement and international human rights advocate.

The NCAA tournament is down to two unlikely but familiar finalists. NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Slate's Mike Pesca for his take on Monday's championship game.

De La's third album, Buhloone Mindstate, challenged the music industry — an industry then obsessed with hip-hop's crossover success — and went on to become a classic.

Bickering over the Affordable Care Act is now focused on White House estimates that it will beat enrollment projections, and on how many uninsured have gotten coverage.