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It's the Year of the Fire Horse. In the Chinese zodiac, the fire horse represents action and risk-taking. But on the streets of Beijing, many say they just want stability in this sluggish economy.

Mexican security forces kept up their battle with cartel gunmen following the killing that sparked a surge in violence and put the country on edge. Authorities said more than 70 people died in the attempt to capture Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes and the aftermath.

Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams tapped into America's current period of struggle on her latest album, a collection of protest songs called "World's Gone Wrong."

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked President Trump's bid to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Amy Howe {how} of SCOTUSblog about the implications.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are heading to Charlotte, North Carolina, for an immigration operation. Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden says they could arrive as soon as Saturday.

The Department of Justice on Friday released more than 3 million pages, more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images in its files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

On today’s show, a documentary about a musician who looks to Lucinda Williams for inspiration. Then, a singer honors the historical Compton's Cafeteria riots in the Tenderloin. Also, a documentary about hedge funds destroying local newspapers, and how journalists are fighting back. We close the show with a salute to trailblazing journalist Belva Davis.

The deal slashes hundreds of reciprocal tariffs between the two countries.

Father Andriy Zelinskyy, a chaplain in wartime Ukraine, talks about what he sees in the trenches and what he's learned about the fragility of humanity, years into the war with Russia.

An inmate who was imprisoned for 21 years in Syria's notorious Sadnaya prison shows NPR's Jane Arraf the concrete cells where he was held.

Myanmar completed its third and final round of voting on Sunday in a monthlong general election called by the ruling military junta — an election that critics call a sham.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham talks about Trump's impact on democracy. Meacham's latest book is a collection of speeches, letters and other original texts from 1619 to the present.