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Following the lead of cities like San Francisco and Washington, D.C., New York wants to permit passengers to use smartphone apps to find a yellow cab. But the prospect of change has prompted a lawsuit from private car services, whose passengers already use smartphones to hail drivers.

How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity might be the year's first essential new book. NPR's Renita Jablonski picks up the book, and her cat, to see if he has what it takes to be a star on the Web.

A flashy hotel just opened in Iraqi Kurdistan, reflecting the region's ambitions. But the Arab-led government in Baghdad has given the region an economic jolt, putting its outsized dreams in doubt.

NASCAR executives and drivers hope changes to the playoff system boost flagging TV ratings and attendance. The new rules alter how drivers qualify, and the season has a Super-Bowl-like finish.

This Sunday, it's the end of "start your engines" for racing star Danica Patrick. The only woman to win an IndyCar race, Patrick leaves motor sports with a last run at the Indy 500.

Joshua Holt, an American prisoner in Venezuela for two years, has been released and returned to the United States.

President Trump continues to say he has nothing to do with Russia, but his business ties go way back. Michael Isikoff of Yahoo News talks with Scott Simon about a real estate deal.

Pro-skateboarder Tony Hawk discusses how he fell in love with the sport, life at the top of the skating world, and his new video game. Then, he plays "This, That or The Other" against Adam Lambert.

Modular construction is growing as the cost of building a home in many U.S. cities continues to rise.

Ronald Clark's father was a live-in custodian at a New York City library. We revisit Clark's StoryCorps conversation with his daughter about how living in a library shaped the man he would become.