On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. "Weird Al" Yankovic grapples with the complicated feelings of watching his daughter grow up.

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Pope Francis worked to make the Catholic church more open to the LGBTQ community than ever. On the eve of the papal conclave, Scott Detrow speaks with the Rev. James Martin about what happens now.

A glimpse inside the shattered city of Khartoum, Sudan's capital, destroyed by the two-year conflict and now in the process of trying to recover.

Three reporters from the Baltimore Banner - a relatively new publication -- won a Pulitzer for their reporting on the overdose crisis in Baltimore done in conjunction with the New York Times.

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Andre 3000 arrived on the Met Gala carpet with a baby grand piano strapped to his back, and concurrently released his second ...

Center-right politician Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor after an unprecedented two rounds of voting in the German parliament.

Prime Minister Mark Carney won the Canadian election vowing to take on President Trump. Their first meeting on Tuesday was ...

The finals of the Poetry Out Loud high school poetry competition take place in Washington, D.C., this week. NPR asked some of this year's competitors about how to master a poem.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks to journalist and author Ruthie Ackerman about her new book, The Mother Code: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Myths that Shape Us.