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Mo Willems' picture book Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! turns 20 this month. To mark the anniversary, Willems and Renee Fleming presented the pigeon's story in an opera at the Kennedy Center.

An American team is in Europe this week for a medieval combat competition. They dress up in period costumes and fight with dulled weapons.

We look at what North Carolina Supreme Court's reversal on a GOP voting map means for gerrymandering cases in other states, as well as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's win on the debt ceiling bill.

In 1970, Judy Blume published the story of one girl, at one moment, with one group of friends, who experiences early adolescence in a way particular to her. And that's what makes it compelling.

Parrots are known to be chatty, social animals. But when they're kept as pets, they can get lonely. A group of scientists found that video chatting with other parrots helps them feel less so.

Study after study shows women seen as overweight or obese often earn less at the workplace, an unfair bias that's been hard to reverse. However, men don't seem to face that penalty.

Smart guns have mainly been the stuff of movies. In the real world, technological and political challenges have meant the high-tech devices haven't become a reality. That may be about to change.

The GAO also said airlines are taking longer to recover from disruptions like storms. It said surges in cancellations in late 2021 and early 2022 lasted longer than they did before the pandemic.

The U.S. Army has grounded the units after 12 soldiers died within the last month in helicopter crashes in Alaska and Kentucky, the military branch announced Friday.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Bend It Like Beckham, Review, and the Criterion Channel's "Starring Michelle Yeoh" playlist.