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U2 could sell out stadiums across the globe, but it would have been business as usual. At its Las Vegas residency, the band harnesses its superpower: relentless earnestness.

Another Republican nominee for speaker of the House of Representatives dropped out. And President Biden tries to galvanize support for aid for two wars.

Critic David Bianculli acknowledges that his year-end list of TV favorites is hardly all-inclusive. Nevertheless, here's what he enjoyed watching, including Beckham, The Bear and Black Mirror.

Peter Pomerantsev co-founded a project recording Russian atrocities in Ukraine to combat Russian disinformation. His new book profiles a WWII propagandist who targeted the Nazi regime.

Forty years ago, a devastating bombing at a U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killed 241 U.S. service members. It's widely seen as the attack that touched off the so-called war on terror.

The lack of a U.S. ambassador in Israel hobbles the Biden administration's ability to pursue its goals. The U.S. also lacks ambassadors in Egypt and other countries in the region.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Paul Salem, president of the Middle East Institute in Washington, about tensions between Israel and the Lebanese Islamist political party and militant group Hezbollah.

A global trial of a four-day work week has yielded success stories — such as the one from a small manufacturing company in Ohio. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Oct. 24, 2023.)

Danelo Cavalcante "is considered armed and extremely dangerous," police say. "He is now armed with a .22-caliber rifle with a scope and flashlight mounted on it," stolen from a resident's garage.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Rev. William Barber II ahead of the Poor People's Campaign march. His book is White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy.

With his 637th performance at Vegas' International Theater, Barry Manilow has broken the performance record previously held by Elvis Presley.

New Zealand has declared war on tobacco with a remarkable new law. The indigenous Māori population, with the country's highest smoking rate, has a lot to gain. But they have a bone of contention.