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  • Budget-Cruncher Bolten Takes on Top Bush Post
    President Bush calls Joshua Bolten, his new chief of staff, a "creative policy thinker." In more informal circles, he's known as a budget cruncher who cruises around on a motorcycle.
  • The Waiting Is Over. Iran Retaliates For Killing Of Top General
    More than a dozen ballistic missiles targeted two military bases in Iraq that house U.S. and coalition forces. The attack comes less than a week after a U.S. drone strike killed an Iranian commander.
  • The Centennial Bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, Illinois. Davenport's downtown suffered millions of dollars in lost business after flooding last year.
    Climate And Floodwaters Are Top Of Mind For Some Iowa Voters
    Davenport, Iowa, faced historic flooding last year that damaged much of the city's downtown riverfront. Business owners are concerned about future floods and how climate change plays a part.
  • Carly Rae Jepsen. Her song "Too Much," from her fourth full-length, <em>Dedicated, </em>is on our list of the best tracks out in May.
    NPR Music's Top 20 Songs From May
    May surprised us with a Jarvis Cocker reinvention and Sleater-Kinney's blistering return. And, yeah, it was really hard to choose just one Carly Rae Jepsen bop.
  • Top Egyptian General Reaches Rock Star Status
    The head of Egypt's armed forces who orchestrated the military coup that ousted President Morsi is revered by most Egyptians as a national hero. But many analysts there say it's doubtful Gen. Abdel Fattah el Sissi's popularity will translate into votes at the ballot box should he run for president next year.
  • Our Top Global Stories Of 2020 Not About The Pandemic
    Beyoncé's Africa video, Inuit advice on raising kids without yelling and ... locusts! Here's the surprising mix of stories Goats and Soda readers loved in 2020 that have nothing to do with COVID-19.
  • NPR critics discuss the frontrunners for top awards at the Oscars
    The Academy Awards are tonight and critics are predicting what will win Best Picture and who will win Best Actor and Actress. We hear about the nominees and our critic's picks.
  • Hu Xinglian is a professional mourner in the southwestern city of Chongqing, China. Known professionally as Dingding Mao, she is paid for her talents at singing the funeral dirge, a tradition that began in the Han dynasty 2,000 years ago. As she sings during a recent funeral, another member of her troupe joins her for a duet.
    Belly Dancing For The Dead: A Day With China's Top Mourner
    Banned during the Cultural Revolution, China's ancient funeral practices are re-emerging — but with new twists. One of China's most famous professional mourners creates modern funerals with Chinese characteristics — burning paper money, wailing and prostrating, karaoke eulogies and strobe lights.
  • Boswell Books provides their holiday book list
    Boswell Book Company's top titles to gift in 2022
    As the holidays continue to draw closer, perhaps you’ve been looking for an idea of what to give the readers in your life. Jason Kennedy and Jen Steele from Boswell Book Company offer their favorite suggestions.
  • House Republicans are considering 8 candidates for the top job
    NPR's A Martinez talks to GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota about the process involving eight different candidates for speaker, and if there's a front runner who can bring Republicans together
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