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Olympic organizers are defending the participation of two boxers who failed a gender eligibility test last year. Here's what to know about the key players, conservative outcry and official response.

The ruling Conservative Party will choose a new leader this week. The winner will inherit a full-blown international crisis, which erupted Friday after Iran seized a British-flagged oil tanker.

Due to an unspecified "publishing error," the conservative publisher Regnery recalled the book version of Dinesh D'Souza's widely debunked election denial film 2000 Mules. Here's what's inside.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prompted Poland's Trump-loving conservative populists to unite with U.S. Democrats and European Union leaders: pillars of liberal democracy they have fought for years.

The conservative radio host and commentator was a vocal critic of Trump during the presidential election. Beck talks to NPR's Scott Simon about his evolving political views and finding common ground

Congressional reporter William Douglas of the McClatchy Washington bureau, Amy Davidson of the New Yorker and former conservative radio talk show host Charlie Sykes discuss this week's flurry of news.

A Supreme Court case in March will test the new five-member conservative majority. If justices strike federal abortion protections, look for a state-by-state quilt of abortion "deserts" and "havens."

A Chinese cookbook author remembers her childhood in China, where dumplings were steamed to conserve precious cooking oil. Recently she gave her favorite steamed dumplings an update.

For years, Mitch McConnell converted Donald Trump's heat to power the conservative agenda. Now he needs to again harness that insurgent energy, a challenge when Trump's heat is directed at him.

A conversation with a good samaritan in Philadelphia. Linda Wertheimer talks to Gina Licciardello (Litch-are-del-oh), who cooked pasta for a bus full of people - stranded by the snow for 17 hours - outside her South Philadelphia home.

Satirist Harry Shearer has created a hypothetical cellular telephone conversation in which the GOP tries to formulate a plan for repairing the damage inflicted on the Republican party by the House investigation into Speaker Newt Gingrich's ethics. (4:15) ((ST

Commentator Alan Schwarz, a writer for Baseball America, recalls his conversation with Shawn Green, a Jewish member of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, about his decision not to play baseball on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.

So you've got a baby in your life. How do you talk to them, exactly? In this comic, experts explain why conversing with your baby is important — and share ways to help them develop their language skills.

How can we have more productive conversations with people we vehemently disagree with? Civil rights activist Loretta J. Ross gives us the tools to call people in—instead of calling them out.

Alt.Latino kicks off the new year with a new feature: the Alt.Latino Album Chat, a conversation about a new album with the artist who made it. This week, Making Movies talks about You Are Another Me.

A young Air Force captain thought his career was over. Instead, he was invited to join a stealth program — and told, "You've got 30 seconds and if you don't say yes, this conversation never happened."

After a conversation with a retired Supreme Court justice, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduces legislation that would allow the Supreme Court to use retired justices when an active justice recuses himself or herself from a case.

Bridges won an Oscar for his portrayal of a country singer in 2009's Crazy Heart. The character was fictional, but Bridges' passion for country is real. In a conversation with Morning Edition, Bridges tells the story behind his new studio album.

Sarah Chayes (CHASE) reports from Paris on French President Jacques Chirac's decision to call parliamentary elections 10 months earlier than planned. Chirac's government is faced with imposing austerity measures on the budget in order to join the European single currency. Analysts believe Chirac wants the vote now to keep his conservative coalition in power because there's little chance the conservatives would be elected AFTER the budget-cutting measures take effect.