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NPR movie critic Bob Mondello reviews a new Richard Gere film for which the title seems to say it all. It's called Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer.

The politics of respectability were complicated this week when a 69 year-old Asian-American doctor was forcibly dragged off a United Airlines flight.

Senegal is a Muslim majority country, with a Christian minority. Christians celebrate Good Friday with a sweet porridge called ngalakh.They share it with their Muslim family and friends, too.

On Saturday, North Korea marked the 105th anniversary of the founder's birth. NPR's Linda Wertheimer asks former Gov. Bill Richardson, who has negotiated with the regime, for his assessment.

After a year of tumult, Russia has doubled down, saying it won't broadcast this year's contest after its competitor, Yuliya Samoylova, was denied entry into Ukraine.

Authorities in Cleveland are looking for a man they say committed a murder on Sunday and posted the video on Facebook. A warrant for aggravated murder has been issued for 37-year-old Steve Stephens.

Russia's space-bound robot FEDOR, Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research, is being trained to shoot guns from both of its hands. An official says the robot is not a real-life Terminator.

Jean-Luc Melenchon is surging in polls less then two weeks before France's election. He's using fiery populist speeches, a fight-the-rich video game and holograms to appeal to disaffected voters

No label, no care — Shamir just gifted us with a new album and it's already making Monday a whole lot brighter.

More participants in a pilot program for industrial hemp farming in North Carolina could be chosen on Monday afternoon. North Carolina's Industrial Hemp…

High-wire acrobatics, major guest performances, a new Lorde song and dozens of stolen cell phones highlight the final night of the festival's first weekend.

The programs began in the Northeast, but are now spreading across the country — as far as San Diego, Seattle and San Jose.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a referendum, giving him more power, by a narrow margin on Sunday. The opposition is demanding a recount of some ballots.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with John Park, director of the Korea Working Group at the Harvard Kennedy School, about U.S. relations with South Korea amid growing tension over the North Korean threat.

In South Korea Monday, Vice President Mike Pence warned North Korea that U.S. patience was running out with the regime. This came a day after North Korea tried and failed to test a ballistic missile.

David Letterman, one of the most famous people in America, is an enigma. Jason Zinoman's new book, Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night, looks at the late night talk show host's long career and the impact it still has on broadcasting today.

Composer Tim Minchin brings his musical adaptation of the film, Groundhog Day, to Broadway. It's the story of a cynical weatherman who is forced to relive the same day over and over again.

Gorsuch looked like a kid on the first day of high school when he made his debut on the U.S. Supreme Court — sitting tall and asking lots of questions.

The Mint Museum announced Monday that its president and CEO is stepping down in June. Kathleen Jameson has served as the president and CEO of the Mint…

Kids kicked soccer balls into Penny Freeman's garden. Scared to retrieve them, she held onto the balls. The Telegraph in London reports police told her to give the balls back or be charged with theft.