56+ min ago   (1274+ words) Actor Tatyana Ali holds a Baby Yams quilt. Ali's baby blankets raise funds and awareness for Black and Indigenous birth workers. Manfred Baumann hide caption Actor and singer Tatyana Ali has become an important voice in a growing movement to…...

5+ hour, 56+ min ago   (1847+ words) S. was born in Pakistan to Somali parents and raised in Canada. She joined ISIS as a young woman and eventually escaped, becoming an informant against the group. Illustration by Hanna Barczyk for NPR hide caption WESTERN CANADA — Outside a tall…...

15+ hour, 1+ min ago   (289+ words) Singer Celine Dion performs during the opening concert of her 'Celine Dion Paris 2026' residency at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre, outside Paris, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. Aurelien Morissard/AP hide caption Celine Dion returned to the stage Saturday nearly four years after…...

9+ mon, 3+ day ago   (756+ words) Hugo Winwood-Smith, right, Hardy Macpherson and Edan Abou, left, all 11-years-old, use their phones while sitting outside a school in Sydney on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Rick Rycroft/AP hide caption MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (149+ words) India hosts the 18th BRICS summit in New Delhi this weekend. The crash of an Amazon cargo jet in Miami is raising concerns about the safety culture at the retail giant's air operations. Congress weighs in on potential federal tax incentives…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1218+ words) Retired rugby star Gareth Thomas, who is HIV positive, came to Rio de Janeiro's famed Ipanema Beach to participate in a campaign called "Tackle HIV." Ian Cheibub for NPR hide caption RIO DE JANEIRO -- "People are still afraid of those…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (914+ words) Sandra Bullock attends the premiere of Practical Magic 2 at the Directors Village Theatre in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, 2026. In a recent interview with Morning Edition, Bullock talks about motherhood, sisterhood and returning to the Owens family. Valerie Macon/AFP via…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (522+ words) Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock return as sisters Gillian and Sally Owens in Practical Magic 2. Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption I didn't see Practical Magic when it opened in theaters back in 1998. In truth, not many people did go to…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (124+ words) NPR Gillian Anderson has discovered what women really want A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: Gillian Anderson became famous for playing women who exist at a certain remove. They're cerebral, highly capable, and outwardly dispassionate. Of course, the…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (146+ words) Nicolas Cage in National Treasure. Columbia Pictures / Maximum Film / Alamy hide caption When you hear the words "pumpkin spice latte," maybe you think of fall. But maybe you just think about the pleasures of something unapologetically basic. The same can…...