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There are many reasons women leave careers. It's not fair to assume they have not met the mark; some are making positive choices for more impactful, and varied, lives, says 13.7 guest Patricia Fara.

A plague of frogs, a sentient lost-and-found, a poignant father-son story, a mordant Roald Dahl fairy tale and Kobe Bryant's ode to basketball are up for the animated short film Oscar this year.

The 2018 Winter Olympics are beginning in Pyeongchang, South Korea with an extravagant opening ceremony, which features the lighting of the Olympic flame and a showcase of South Korean culture.

In the fight to take the last land held by ISIS, U.S. forces in Syria are supporting local Kurds and Arabs who face hardened fighters amid roads and houses seeded with bombs.

Nearly a week after Hurricane Michael devastated parts of the Florida panhandle, residents are still trying to patch together their lives, without electricity or potable water. With cell phone service down it's even hard for people to let their loved-ones know they're safe.

Stunt performers can take a punch or survive a fiery car crash. It may sound like a job for the young, but Lesseos has been at it for decades. At 54, she wants to pass on her work's rewards and snags.

Orhan Pamuk is almost synonymous with Turkish literature; he's won the Nobel Prize for his work. But his latest, about a well-digger and his apprentice, doesn't reach the heights of his earlier books.

Floodwaters in Houston are chest-deep in some areas. The federal government has assigned almost 8,500 workers to assist with rescue and relief efforts throughout Texas and Louisiana.

Secretary of Defense James Mattis is in Turkey, trying to reassure President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that America's backing of Kurdish fighters won't undermine Turkey's security.

Revelations about Fox News' role in concocting a baseless story on the death of a young Democratic staffer has problematic echoes for the network's controlling owner, Rupert Murdoch, who had to shut down the biggest paper in the United Kingdom for outcry over its reporting on a dead British girl.

An online tracker developed by former FBI agent Clint Watts has identified Russian bots as responsible for many tweets urging the firing of National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster.

A British minister is putting up a big obstacle to a $15 billion deal involving the Murdochs, questioning their leadership and commitment to fairness in the wake of scandals at Fox News and other parts of their media empire.

Ailsa Chang talks to the American Legion's newly elected National Commander Denise Rohan, who is first woman to serve in the position for the nation's largest veterans' group.

A Pakistani woman who survived a near deadly assault managed to bring her attacker to justice. But her effort showed how hard it is to prosecute crimes against women in Pakistan.

The film examines many facets of Baltimore's social and political history "to drive a pointed, deliberate argument that is still firmly rooted in artistry rather than political message-making."

Soldiers at the remote Fort Irwin, Calif., center are training with a new generation of cyber weapons. Turns out, electronic gizmos can make a difference on a real life battlefield.

Jardine Libaire's novel — more a series of vignettes — follows two kids from very opposite sides of the tracks who fall hard in love in 1980s New York, and what happens when reality intrudes.

President Trump is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday. Mary Louise Kelly asks Tom Graham, a Russia adviser for the George W. Bush administration, about what Trump should discuss.

In her previous work, director Sofia Coppola looked out from inside the bubble that wealth and privilege create. Her latest film grapples with a different — but related — form of isolation.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Robert Samuel about Same Ole Line Dudes, his line-waiting business, and what New Yorkers want but don't want to wait in line for.