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Japan grapples with the killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Motoko Rich of 'The New York Times' about the killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Lizzo plays President James Madison's crystal flute in the flute vault at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 26, 2022.

Lizzo played James Madison's crystal flute onstage in D.C., proving history rocks

The Library of Congress had invited Lizzo to check out its flute collection during her tour stop. On Tuesday, she played a few notes on the historic instrument, twerked and declared history cool.

Though Louisa May Alcott is often associated with the sweetness of her characters in <em>Little Women</em>, she was a tough woman, shaped largely by her experience growing up in poverty. The beloved writer wrote what she called "moral pap for the young" because it paid well.

Alcott: 'Not The Little Woman You Thought She Was'

For many readers, Louisa May Alcott is synonymous with her most famous character, Jo March, the spirited sister in Little Women. But author and filmmaker Harriet Reisen says Alcott's life "was no children's book." Reisen's The Woman Behind 'Little Women' premieres Monday night on PBS.

Movie posters at the Academy Museum's Black Cinema exhibition.

A new exhibit in LA explores the complicated history of Black Cinema

"Regeneration" examines 73 years of film history, from the silent movie days to the rise of the Blaxploitation era.

Press 1 for more anger: Americans are fed up with customer service

A new survey shows Americans are unhappy with the service they're getting — and are not afraid to let people know about it.

Damper, half of the Colombian duo Dawer x Damper, says their upbringing in the Aguablanca district of Cali greatly informs their musical influences.

The artists shaking up the industry at the Latin Alternative Music Conference

The Latin Alternative Music Conference just wrapped its 24th edition. Colombian hip-hop duo Dawer x Damper and Argentinian rock band Usted Señalemelo received this year's Discovery Awards.

No Stumbling Block Expected At Clinton Hearing

Sen. Hillary Clinton is scheduled to testify Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which will decide whether to recommend to the full Senate that she be the next secretary of state. Clinton is expected to face tough questions from the committee's right flank, but not any major hurdles to confirmation.

'The Invocations' is an ode to angry girls fighting against what waits in the dark

Krystal Sutherland's new YA fantasy novel follows three young girls who join forces against a supernatural serial killer

People participate in a mass yoga session on International Yoga Day in Times Square on June 21, 2023 in New York City. The CDC finds about 17% of adults in the U.S. practice yoga.

Have we reached peak yoga in the U.S.? The CDC wants to know

Around 1 in 6 U.S. adults practice yoga. The mind-body activity has grown and evolved over recent decades, into more accessible versions that reflect a current focus on mental health and mobility training, researchers say.

She's his boss at work, he's her boss in bed in the unsatisfying 'Babygirl'

Nicole Kidman plays a high-flying, married businesswoman who begins an affair with an intern half her age. It's a lead performance more daring than the film itself.

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