NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KUT listener Dan Tatje of Georgetown, Texas.

Arguments began last week in a lawsuit challenging Idaho's abortion ban, one of the strictest in the country. We'll hear from some of the plaintiffs and the state attorney.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Lynn Whitfield about road trips and playing the commanding mother in her new movie, "Albany Road." ...

Taiwan opera is revered across the Asian island. One of its most beloved traits is its gender-bending character archetypes, and its best-known actors are women who portray men.

President-elect Trump has picked oil executive Chris Wright for his nominee for Secretary of Energy. The Trump administration is expected to shift the department's focus away from clean energy ...

What will President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House mean for US - China relations? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Ryan Hass, a China expert at the Brookings Institution.