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After months of negative news, Rio ushers in the Summer Olympics on Friday night. And the city finally gets to do what it's famous for: putting on a grand spectacle.

The HBO series Girls has been stirring up some controversy with racy scenes that challenge sexual stereotypes. Some people say the main character is prompting people to rethink their ideas about women's bodies. Host Michel Martin chats with the 'Beauty Shop' ladies.

The same Bill Clinton who was known for winging it through speeches as president and as a candidate was at it again Wednesday night, departing from the prepared text for his address to the Democratic convention. Compare the prepared text with the audio and video.

From Leonard Nimoy to Terry Pratchett, from the face of Burt's Bees to the man behind the pink plastic flamingo, from Oliver Sacks to NPR's own Alan Cheuse: a look back on lives lost this year.

Behind-the-scenes marketing has made 'I Trust Parents' the mantra of for-profit, online charter schools in their battles with states and traditional charter schools.

From the big studio flicks to the festival favorites, here are some of the best and otherwise noteworthy films coming to theaters.

The Trump White House agreed to a May 1 troop withdrawal. New Yorker writer Dexter Filkins says Biden must now decide whether to honor a deal that included the Taliban but not the Afghan government.

Lee's new film centers on a music mogul who faces a moral dilemma when kidnappers mistakenly hold his friend's son ransom instead of his own: Will he risk it all to save a child who isn't his?

In 2022, R&B rediscovered its place in the club, pushed into the outer reaches of space, found and lost love (as always) and relished the beauty of the Black experience.

Two writers dig to the bottom of why other people's bad taste in music bothers us so much, and along the way, lay out the new rules for thinking and writing about pop.