Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's journey to the Supreme Court
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Associate Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson about her new book, Lovely One, which traces her journey to the high court.
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What's in store for movies this fall
A selective look at the would-be blockbusters, awards contenders and specialty films Hollywood has in store as the weather gets cooler.
A new version of the 1977 Star Wars features a dub in a Native American language
A new version of the 1977 classic Star Wars opens in Minnesota theaters, now dubbed over in Ojibwe -- the indigenous language of one of the largest Native American tribes in the United States.
Video game Black Myth Wukong explores traditional mythology
The new video game Black Myth: Wukong is one of the most popular video games in the world -- and yet another adaptation of the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.
'I want to write myself into existence,' says 'Colored Television' author
Danzy Senna was born in 1970, just a few years after Loving v. Virginia legalized interracial marriage. “Just merely existing as a family was a radical statement at that time,” she says.
Beloved 'Russian spy whale' Hvaldimir is found dead under mysterious circumstances
A beloved beluga whale with a mysterious past was found dead in the waters of Norway over the weekend. Admirers are paying tribute as authorities investigate.
Top dog Joey Chestnut beats his archrival and his own hot dog-eating world record
Joey Chestnut faced off against Takeru Kobayashi in a Netflix showdown on Monday. Chestnut downed 83 hot dogs and buns to Kobayashi's 66 in 10 minutes, beating his own world record from 2021.
Israeli boy who broke an ancient jar learns how the museum is piecing it back together
After a 4-year-old boy broke a 3,500-year-old vase, a museum in Israel viewed it as an educational opportunity and invited him and his family back to learn about how they would restore the item.
Jonathan Scales' steelpans blaze at the Aspen Ideas Festival
Watch the steelpan-led funk group perform amidst the trees at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
A new book celebrates author Kazuo Ishiguro and singer Stacey Kent's collaboration
Author Kazuo Ishiguro and jazz singer Stacey Kent turned a friendship into a songwriting collaboration. Sixteen lyrics have been compiled in a new book The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain.