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A car bombing near the presidential palace in Beirut on Wednesday killed a top Lebanese army officer. The victim was widely expected to succeed army Chief of Staff Michel Suleiman, who has emerged as the consensus candidate for president after months of political deadlock.

Poet Tracy K. Smith's three favorite poems of 2011 blur the private and public, the personal and political, and will refresh how you look at language and the world.

In July, The Highwomen offered a mission statement singalong, Chance the Rapper spit brotherly love and Rosalía reminded us why she deserves to be named this summer's MVP.

A survey of fitness professionals who keep track of how we exercise suggests 2018 is likely to find more of us trading fitness gadgets for high-intensity interval training and group classes.

'Fair' doesn't only mean following the rules, as one of TV's more popular competitive reality shows learned after crowning its winner.

Angel Olsen shot her emotions into the stratosphere, Hiss Golden Messenger offered an agnostic gospel and Cautious Clay snarked on social media.

Sharon Van Etten digs deeper into brooding textures, East Atlanta rapper Young Nudy gets weird and Sam Hunt offers a contender for Song of the Summer.

Some of the NBA's hottest teams missed the cut for this year's playoffs. And to what lengths will Cuban athletes go for a chance to play in the MLB? ESPN.com's Howard Bryant tells NPR's Wade Goodwyn.

David Greene talks Stefan Kornelius, foreign editor of Süddeutsche Zeitung, ahead of Monday's talks between President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Vivian Salama of the Associated Press joins Melissa Block to talk about the latest developments in Iraq — including a power struggle in Baghdad and the U.S. response to dangers facing Kurdish and Yazidi peoples.