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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Mary Ellen O'Toole, a former FBI senior profiler and professor of forensic science, about the latest in the Nancy Guthrie abduction case.

The 2026 Olympics and Paralympics mascots are Milo and Tina, a pair of teenage, scarf-clad stoat siblings with big dreams. If you're wondering what a stoat is, you're in the right place.

Democrats are demanding changes to a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The fight over spending could cause a partial government shutdown at the end of the week.

The FBI says it's examining ransom notes sent to the media as the search for Nancy Guthrie, the mother of 'Today' show host Savannah Guthrie, enters its sixth day.

Author Chris Jennings talks the apocalyptic religious views that fueled the standoff between federal agents and the family of Randy Weaver — and the use of force rules that made it so deadly.

Vocalist Michael Mayo reached new heights through his latest album Fly, with the project earning the crooner his first Grammy nominations of his career.

Considered the father of Afrobeat, Kuti used his music in the 1970s to combat colonial values and brutal dictatorship. Podcaster Jad Abumrad tells his story in the series, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man.

Salvatore Geloso embodies the spirit of New Orleans through and through. His band inaugurates the first-ever Tiny Desk Contest takeover.

How about $350,000 within hours? The pitches flood small businesses: "No hidden fees, No BS." These financial lifelines are barely regulated and can turn into trip wires.

NPR revisits a series of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviews with a soft-spoken Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1961.

The U.S. won gold in the 2022 Winter Olympics team event after Russia was disqualified for doping. Team USA defended its title after a fierce three-day battle with Japan, winning by a single point.

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