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  • Beabadoobee's "California," from her album This is How Tomorrow Moves, is one of the tracks we can't stop playing this week.
    The Contenders, Vol. 18: The songs we can't stop playing this week
    Reflections on regret from beabadoobee and Bon Iver, deep sonic meditations from Nala Sinephro and Jill Fraser, and more updates to our running list of the year's best songs. Featured songs and artists: 1. beabadoobee: "California," from This is How Tomorrow Moves 2. Bon Iver: "S P E Y S I D E," from SABLE 3. Mabe Fratti: "Kravitz," from Sentir que no sabe4. Jem: "Come On Closer," from Finally Woken (20th Anniversary Remastered Edition)5. Nala Sinephro: "Continuum 3," from Endlessness 6. Jill Fraser: "Beautiful Summer," from Earthly Pleasures Enjoy the show? Tell a friend and leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org
  • Jack Nicholson in a memorable moment from The Shining. The 1980 film's original music, by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind, is among our picks for the most terrifying scores of all time.
    The most terrifying film scores of all time
    We celebrate spooky season with an unnerving mix of songs from our favorite horror movie scores, including The Shining, Under The Skin, Hereditary and more. Enjoy the show? Tell a friend and leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org Featured songs and films:1. Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind: "Main Title" and "Clockworks (Bloody Elevators)," from The Shining2. Mark Korven: "The Goat & The Mayhem," from The Witch3. Goblin: "Sighs," from Suspiria4. Hildur Guǒnadóttir: "The Door," from Chernobyl5. John Carpenter: "Main Title," from Halloween6. Colin Stetson: "Mothers & Daughters," from Hereditary7. Mica Levi: "Lipstick To Void," from Under the Skin8. Cristobal Tapia De Veer: "Laura Smile," from Smile9. Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow: "The Alien," from Annihilation10. Bobby Krlic: "Gassed," from Midsommar
  • A person fishes along the boardwalk as waves crash during a power outage in Havana, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.
    Tropical Storm Oscar disintegrates en route to the Bahamas
    Tropical Storm Oscar disintegrated Tuesday and its remnants headed toward the Bahamas. It had earlier made landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least six people.
  • The votes comes amid a drawn-out legal battle over the plan, after retirees sued in Cortland County Supreme Court to oppose it.
    Cortland County Legislature walks back change to retirees' health insurance
    The legislature voted to rescind a decision to change retired county workers’ health insurance. This comes amid a drawn-out legal battle over the plan, after retirees sued the county.
  • Best picture winner 'Anora' is an indie film — what does that mean?
    "Long live independent film!" That's how Anora director Sean Baker ended his speech on Sunday night after accepting the award for best picture.
  • Sunday Puzzle: BBC, Do You Know What It Stands For?
    Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz puts NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro, challenge winner Muriel Kranowski, and Roy Wood Jr. of The Daily Show to the test this week with a BBC-themed puzzle.
  • Syracuse forward Tyler Betsey (5) reacts after scoring against Houston during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Lucas Peltier)
    No. 3 Houston outlasts Syracuse 78-74 at Players Era
    Syracuse made just 12 of 29 foul shots, but still somehow made a Houston team coming off an appearance in the national title game have to earn the victory.
  • Workers walk past a display at Meta headquarters on March 26 in Menlo Park, Calif.
    Meta will lay off 10% of its staff
    The cuts follow losses in two pivotal court cases and the company's push to invest in artificial intelligence.
  • Cynthia Hughes, seen here wearing a "Due Process Denied" shirt, has become a regular on Steve Bannon's show, where she has described the Jan. 6 defendants as "political prisoners." On a recent episode, Hughes announced changes to the Patriot Freedom Project after receiving criticism.
    A controversial nonprofit for Capitol riot defendants makes changes after criticism
    The Patriot Freedom Project has raised around $900,000 for people charged in the Capitol riot. After NPR reported that charity experts saw "red flags" with the group, they announced changes.
  • NPR has a small investigative reporting unit. Here's how they decide when to dig in
    Looking for stories no one else has told
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