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D'Angelo. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. We lost these greats and so many more in 2025 — singers, producers, conductors and writers whose departures gave us a pang of loss, but whose art still lifts us up.

Edwards, who died Feb. 10, was the first and longest-serving host of NPR's Morning Edition, from the show's inception in 1979 until 2004. Originally broadcast in 1993 and 2004.

Francis concludes his four-day visit to the region's only predominately Catholic country advocating for the poor and warning against the government's "insidious" family planning program.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Ryan Berry of Seattle, Washington, and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

To mark Philip Glass' 87th birthday, the astute pianist Timo Andres stops by to play a contrasting pair of the composer's popular etudes.

The two leaders held talks after attending the key session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization gathering in the port city of Tianjin, where discussions focused on regional stability, bilateral trade and energy cooperation.

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

As fighting escalates on the Israel-Lebanon border, NPR's Lauren Frayer speaks to Firas Maksad, senior fellow and senior director for strategic outreach at the Middle East Institute about the history.

After devastating flooding in Texas, NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Curtis Knobloch of the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative about problems with rural coverage and possible solutions.

Enthusiasm among young voters has waned in Black communities across the U.S. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe discusses some of the reasons with Traci Blackmon, a minister and consultant.