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Whether competing on America's Next Top Model or acting in Lee Daniels' The Butler, Yaya Alafia has never shied away from issues of race and identity.

U.S. forces take into custody one of Iraq's top biological weapons experts, nicknamed "Dr. Germ" for her work in the production of biological warfare agents such as anthrax and botulinum toxin. Rihab Taha, a British-educated microbiologist, was not on the U.S. list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis, but U.S. officials say her capture was still a top priority. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten.

Since its release on Aug. 25, the first single from Reputation has broken records all over the place — and cost the year's biggest single a historic notch in its belt.

The spring has been full of great TV. Here's what you might have missed.

The podcast industry's first audience ranker is an exciting, important inflection point in the audio-on-demand evolution. Gina Garrubbo, CEO of NPR's sponsorship team, explains the promise it holds.

It's an opportunity for the nationalist-populist ruling party to reshape the courts. Noel King talks to Lukasz Pawlowski, managing editor of magazine Kultura Liberalna in Warsaw.

Kids from across the country compete Thursday night in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The film Spellbound captured the drama involving 8 kids who competed in the bee 16 years ago.

The new album represents a journey through the yin-yang of grief and vitality, drawing on the death of the singer-songwriter's father last September.

All summer, a wide range of hits were in the running for the biggest songs of the season — country singalongs, rap diss tracks, pop kiss-offs and rock epics. But two took the race down to the wire.

Thursday marks the first of a series of deadlines for federal agencies and social media companies to turn over records to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.