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Jill Biden on why she was 'overwhelmed' when her husband left the 2024 race

Former first lady Jill Biden reflects on the end of her husband's 2024 campaign and her time in the White House with NPR's Scott Detrow, which she details in her new memoir, View From the East Wing.

'Extremely American' explores the Christian theocracy movement in the U.S.

An excerpt from Boise State Public Radio's podcast "Extremely American: Onward Christian Soldiers" about the movement to end American democracy and install a Christian theocracy.

A member of the Israeli security forces stands guard. An attack against troops was reported near the West Bank city of Hebron on Feb. 1. Many settlers have joined the military's regional defense units since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas-backed militants.

Israeli settlers are guarding the West Bank. Palestinians say it's worsening violence

In Hebron, many settlers have joined the ranks of the Israeli military. Palestinians and Israeli human rights activists say the result has been abuse and harassment.

Miles Mitchell, 21, won the Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest in New York City in late October, the first in a wave of celebrity lookalike contests that have since popped up in Chicago, San Francisco, London and Dublin.

From Chalamet to Styles: Why are celebrity lookalike contests suddenly everywhere?

After Timothée Chalamet showed up at his own celebrity lookalike contest, similar events have popped up in cities across and beyond the U.S. Here's a look at the winners — and what's behind the trend.

To her fans, many of whom are young women, Gracie Abrams embodies the intensity and confusion of being a young person whose potential is unfolding, not always in positive ways.

How much should we care about a pop star's baggage?

Gracie Abrams, one of today's biggest new singer-songwriters, has polarized critics with her confessional writing and A-list upbringing. Why do people care so much that she is taking up space?

'If I can't talk about it, who can?': Robby Hoffman on comedy and criticism

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Emmy-nominated comedian Robby Hoffman about her career and criticism she's faced.

Cinema Chat: 2020 Oscars Recap, 'Downhill,' 'Sonic The Hedgehog,' And More

The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony is now in the books! In this week's "Cinema Chat," WEMU's Michael Jewett and Michigan and State Theater executive…

YCS programs face uncertainty with state impasse over education budget

With the school year already underway, the failure of state lawmakers to pass an education budget is placing schools that depend on funding for many critical programs in a state of uncertainty. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor talked to Ypsilanti Community Schools Superintendent Dr. Alena Zachery-Ross about the anxiety felt by educators and administrators over what to expect from state lawmakers who have until October 1 to agree on a state budget or risk a government shutdown.

News brief: life in Ukraine, ex-Chicago cop leaves prison early, winter storm,

Amid Russia-Ukraine crisis, more U.S. troops will go to Europe. Ex-Chicago police officer who killed a Black teenager will leave prison early. A huge storm is sweeping across the nation's midsection.

Walter Duranty, pictured in 1936 at a luncheon given in his honor by the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents at the Hotel Lombardy in New York, repeatedly defended Soviet Premier Josef Stalin.

'The New York Times' can't shake the cloud over a 90-year-old Pulitzer Prize

In 1932, The New York Times' Walter Duranty won a Pulitzer for stories defending Soviet policies that led to the deaths of millions of Ukrainians. The Times disavows his work but not the prize.

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