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In Jewish tradition, after someone dies, the anniversary of their death is marked by lighting a yahrzeit candle. It comes in a stubby glass holder. In some families, that old glass found a new use.

Wagner Moura is the first-ever Brazilian to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in "The Secret Agent." On Wild Card, he reflected on his career on stage.

For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind them. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in COVID times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.

Bad Bunny delivered a joyful 13-minute Super Bowl halftime performance with a message of unity as well as pride in Latin American culture at a time when many Latinos in the U.S. feel under attack.

The FBI says AI is complicating the idea of a proof of life message in the search for Savannah Guthrie's mom. Experts say AI needs just a few short clips of a person to render a convincing fake.

Matilda Brindle, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Oxford, explains.

In the new animated film, "Arco," a time-traveling boy gets trapped in the year 2075 and must evade captors, robots and wildfires. NPR's Scott Simon talks to writer and director Ugo Bienvenu.

A woman's bathroom renovation becomes a Turkish prison cell. Kenan Orhan talks with NPR's Scott Simon about his debut novel, "The Renovation."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Christine E. Wormuth of the Nuclear Threat Initiative about the state of a potential nuclear arms race now that the current nuclear-arms-control treaty has expired.

A bipartisan effort in Congress to restrain immigration enforcement tactics is flailing. It wouldn't be the first time recently that lawmakers pledged to find consensus, only for negotiations to fail.