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What does rapping have in common with a good children's book? A lively beat and rhyme. Rapper, comedian and actor, Ben Bailey Smith speaks to NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro about his book, "I Am Bear."

Watching, weeping and writing as Dale Earnhardt Sr. died. Thinking about why we teach our girls to be scared. And spending some time with a prophet of extreme frugality.

Perry says she won't be appearing on the show that bears her name this weekend, complaining of a loss of editorial control and pre-emption for election coverage. Media reports say Perry won't be back.

The president of Zimbabwe celebrated his birthday as he does every year — with a massive party. The bash cost nearly a million dollars, in a region of the country suffering a devastating drought.

The bridge starred in so many iconic scenes — in films from Greaseto Terminator 2 — it had become an icon unto itself. Due to safety concerns, though, the Sixth Street Viaduct is getting torn down.

More voters identify as independent than Republican or Democrat. And they're changing the political system around the country.

The politics team is back with a special episode of the podcast that explains everything you ever wanted to know about Super Tuesday.

The U.S. military has lifted its ban on women in combat positions. But that doesn't necessarily mean they would soon be conscripted into service.

Three men in town for the CIAA tournament were arrested Sunday after they fired dozens of bullets into two vehicles and an uptown hotel and were found in…

Sunday night's Oscars gave best picture to Spotlight, best actor to Leonardo DiCaprio and a lot of opportunities to host Chris Rock.

Presidential candidates aren't the only ones on the ballot on Super Tuesday. In Alabama, long-serving GOP Sen. Richard Shelby, who is 81 years old, is facing a tougher than expected primary election.

The latest deal brokered between the Syrian government and the opposition brought a cessation of hostilities on the ground. Steve Inskeep talks to U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura.

MSNBC anchor Melissa Harris-Perry had repeatedly questioned the network's commitment to progressive voices and people of color, NBC says. She vented her concerns in a widely circulated email.

In the French city of Reims, the squad spotted a wall newly decorated with a painting of a street kid. It wiped away art commissioned by the city from one of France's best known graffiti artists.

South Carolina is definitively Hillary Country. Clinton won the Democratic primary there over the weekend. And did so by easily defeating Senator Bernie…

Argentina and its creditors have reached an agreement ending a 15-year-long dispute that barred the country from borrowing money in the bond markets.

Vote counts show Iranians backing a more reform-minded parliament, giving a boost to the nuclear deal and the path set out by the country's moderate president.

The cease-fire in Syria is mostly holding, and the United Nations hopes to get more aid to people under siege.

Bernie Sanders delivered a victory speech to supporters in his home state of Vermont after he was projected to win the Super Tuesday primary there.

Polls begin to close in about a dozen states voting in the Super Tuesday primaries.