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The cover photo from "Texas Hold 'Em," one of two new country singles by Beyoncé that debuted during Super Bowl LVIII.

Music & Culture

Beyoncé is getting played on country radio. Could her success help other Black women?

11:29am February 17, 2024

by Amanda Marie Martínez

An Oklahoma country station made news this week when it briefly refused to play a Beyoncé song. It's a resonant tale for the Black and women musicians who have tried to crack the format for decades.

Alexei Navalny in Berlin in 2020, surrounded by his wife and two children.

World News

Opinion: Navalny's spirit and legacy live on

11:07am February 17, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Alexei Navalny. The Russian opposition leader died Friday in a penal colony.

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In this file photo, workers assemble Ford trucks at the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant on Oct. 27, 2017, in Louisville, Ky.

National

Autoworkers threaten to strike again at Ford's huge Kentucky truck plant

7:21am February 17, 2024

by The Associated Press

The United Auto Workers union said Friday that nearly 9,000 workers at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville will strike on Feb. 23 if a local contract dispute is not resolved.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump and his lawyers Christopher Kise and Alina Habba attend the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial on Jan. 11 in New York City.

Politics & Government

Trump ordered to pay over $355M for fraudulent business practices in New York

7:17pm February 16, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

A New York judge has ordered former President Donald Trump and executives at the Trump Organization to pay over $364 million.

The U.S. Department of Justice is seen in June 2023. A former FBI informant has been indicted for allegedly lying to the FBI. His claims about President Biden were shared by Republicans pushing for an impeachment inquiry into the president.

Politics & Government

How the ex-FBI informant charged with lying is tied to the Biden impeachment inquiry

5:15pm February 16, 2024

Alexander Smirnov has been accused of making false statements to the FBI — claims that House Republicans have used in their probe of President Biden.

A voter leaves a polling booth at St. Anthony Community Center in Manchester, N.H., during the state's presidential primary on Jan. 23.

Politics & Government

Tech giants pledge action against deceptive AI in elections

4:53pm February 16, 2024

Fears over how AI could be used to mislead voters are escalating in a year that will see hundreds of millions of people around the world cast ballots. As a result, tech giants are pledging action.

Tótem chronicles one afternoon for Sol (Naíma Sentíes) a young girl about to undergo a massive loss. It was written and directed by Lila Avilés.

Arts

A birthday party for a dying father chronicles childhood before loss in 'Tótem'

4:27pm February 16, 2024

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

Director Lila Avilés' film is a celebration of family and spirituality in contemporary Mexican society. And it's a beacon of how women filmmakers are becoming the new face of Mexican cinema.

Alexei Navalny is seen in 2012 behind the bars in a police van after he was detained during protests in Moscow a day after Vladimir Putin's inauguration.

World News

Alexei Navalny, Russian politician who opposed Putin to the end, has died in prison

4:27pm February 16, 2024

by The Associated Press

The Federal Prison Service said in a statement that Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness. The politician's team says it has received no confirmation of his death so far.

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Joyce Cecília, 27, member of the Brilhetes all-women bate-bola crew after the group's first carnival outing in Anchieta, Rio de Janeiro on February 09, 2023.

Women are breaking Brazil's 'bate-bola' Carnival mold

3:41pm February 16, 2024

Women are taking their rightful place in Rio's "Carnival of the streets" — the "bate-bolas," translated literally, as ball beaters.

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Lynette Woodard, pictured circa 1990, scored 3,649 points for the University of Kansas and went on to play professionally and for Team USA.

Sports
Arts

Caitlin Clark's scoring record reveals legacies of Lynette Woodard and Pearl Moore

3:25pm February 16, 2024

by Devan Schwartz

The scoring records of two Black American college basketball stars from the 1970s and 1980s are overlooked by the NCAA as Caitlin Clark takes the mantle as women's scoring champion.

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