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In an interview with NPR, The New York Times' new executive editor, Dean Baquet, said Jill Abramson was fired because of her failed relationship with the publisher and with senior editors.

Johnathan Lee Iverson, the first African-American ringmaster of "The Greatest Show on Earth," helms the famed Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for its last performance this Sunday.

Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter and ousted the CEO, chief financial officer and the company's general counsel, two people familiar with the deal said.

The International Court of Justice ruled Israel must halt its assault on the southern Gaza city, calling the humanitarian situation "disastrous."

In jazz, the best albums of the year only tell part of the story. What's happening at street level — in small venues, clubs and festivals — shows the pulse of the music in real time.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Xay Khamsyvoravong, the Democratic mayor of Newport, about issues facing his city this election year. He's in Washington for the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting.

The brief talks marked the first face-to-face meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Kirsten Dunst shines in Showtime's comedy-drama about a pyramid scheme and the weirdos who operate it.

Val Kilmer died from pneumonia. He had recovered after a 2014 throat cancer diagnosis that required two tracheotomies.

At two top-tier high schools in Palo Alto, Calif., the suicide rate is four times higher than the national average over the last 10 years. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Hanna Rosin, who's reported for The Atlantic, on what might be behind the trend and how the schools are responding.