Erykah Badu is best known as a musician. But she's also an actor and doula. She joined NPR's Rachel Martin on the Wild Card podcast.

In Lebanon, a senior Hezbollah official has been killed in an Israeli airstrike. The official was head of the militant group's media operations.

President-elect Donald Trump's initial picks tell us a lot about what he prizes in his incoming administration.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to author and journalist Patrick Radden Keefe about turning his best selling book into the brand new limited series "Say Nothing," out now on Hulu.

Bela Karolyi, the controversial and charismatic Romanian coach who changed women's gymnastics, has died at 82.

Washington Post national political reporter Marianne LeVine talks with NPR's Scott Detrow about Marco Rubio's changing stances on Donald Trump.

Didn't get your full eight hours of sleep last night? NPR's Life Kit has tips to recover.

President Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles against targets inside Russia.

If confirmed, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have broad influence over federal agencies and health care policy — a prospect that worries many in public health given his history of conspiracy theories.

President Biden and China's President Xi held their last face-to-face meeting at a trade summit in Peru. But President-elect Trump's threatened tariffs could push the region into Beijing's arms.